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Sports law has been growing rapidly over the last few years,regularly making headlines as well as leading to a developing body of law practised by specialist lawyers. This new work, by leading practitioners in the field, is the first to provide a coherent framework for understanding the law in this area, as well as a deep analysis of its key features. The subject can be split into various areas of practice. For example regulatory rules, which cover what can be described as the constitutional aspect of organised sport (this includes the enforcing of regulatory codes and the disciplinary procedures of the various sport governing organisations). Second, broadcasting and marketing which covers the revenue generated by the commercial exploitation of sports clubs, sporting events and players. This area has grown rapidly following the huge infusion of finance from television and corporate sponsorship into a growing number of sports. A third area is player representation, which focuses on the players and includes a broad range of legal issues including club transfers and player contracts (including the famous Bosman ruling), employment advice, personal injury litigation, disciplinary tribunals, discrimination law and remedies in the courts. The audience is solicitors and barristers, legal advisers to sports organisations and clubs, legal advisers to corporations and media companies, academics teaching sports law, sports administrators and law libraries.

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• 1 Introduction - The Nature of Sports Law(p. 1)
• An introduction to the subject(p. 1)
• The development of sports law(p. 6)
• Freedom of contract(p. 9)
• Pacta sunt servanda(p. 9)
• Force majeure(p. 9)
• Clausula rebus sic stantibus(p. 10)
• Good faith(p. 10)
• Protection of legitimate expectations(p. 10)
• Necessity of seeking the parties' intent(p. 11)
• In dubio contra proferentem(p. 11)
• Doubt benefits the party assuming a contractual obligation(p. 11)
• Nullum crimen, mulla poena sine lege(p. 11)
• Equal treatment(p. 12)
• Proportionality(p. 12)
• Good faith(p. 12)
• The aim of this book(p. 12)
• 2 Overview: The Framework of the Law Relating to Sport(p. 17)
• The legal nature of sporting associations(p. 17)
• Rights and obligations created by contract(p. 22)
• Interpretation of the rules of sporting bodies(p. 30)
• Sport and the criminal law(p. 33)
• The law of tort(p. 34)
• Public law(p. 35)
• Statute law(p. 36)
• European Community law(p. 36)
• The European Convention on Human Rights(p. 37)
• 3 Access to Sporting Competitions(p. 39)
• Introduction: entry criteria in sport(p. 39)
• The duty of fairness owed by sporting bodies to outsiders(p. 41)
• Contractual and contract related claims concerning access to sporting competitions(p. 47)
• The restraint of trade doctrine(p. 52)
• Non-contractual claims relating to access to sporting competitions: free standing challenges(p. 57)
• Competition law and access to sporting competitions(p. 63)
• 4 Players' Rights(p. 67)
• Introduction(p. 67)
• The formation of the player/club relationship(p. 67)
• Transfer fees(p. 68)
• EC law in sport: an introduction(p. 68)
• EC law: Article 48 (now Article 39) and the other free movement provisions
• Introduction(p. 71)
• Application to transfer fee systems(p. 75)
• EC law: Articles 85 and 86(p. 80)
• Restraint of trade(p. 83)
• Nationality restrictions(p. 85)
• Nationality restrictions imposed by leagues(p. 86)
• Immigration rules(p. 90)
• The content of the player/club relationship(p. 92)
• Terms and conditions of work(p. 93)
• Discrimination(p. 96)
• Common law(p. 96)
• The anti-discrimination statutes(p. 97)
• Areas of discrimination(p. 98)
• Justification(p. 99)
• Exemptions(p. 100)
• 5 The Regulation of Play(p. 103)
• Introduction(p. 103)
• Prohibited sports(p. 106)
• Organisation and competition(p. 107)
• Introduction(p. 107)
• Statute(p. 108)
• Tort and Sport(p. 111)
• Generally(p. 111)
• Negligence(p. 112)
• Duty of participants to each other(p. 113)
• Duty of participants towards spectators(p. 116)
• Duty of referees(p. 117)
• Duty of coaches(p. 118)
• Duty of schools(p. 119)
• Organisers/promoters(p. 120)
• Defences(p. 122)
• Contributory negligence(p. 122)
• Volenti non fit injuria(p. 122)
• Nuisance(p. 125)
• Assault(p. 126)
• Damages(p. 126)
• Practical issues arising in sporting injury claims(p. 128)
• The criminal law(p. 129)
• Litigation determining the outcome of a game(p. 131)
• 6 Broadcasting, Marketing and Competition Law(p. 133)
• Introduction(p. 133)
• Broadcasting(p. 133)
• Introduction(p. 133)
• What are broadcasting rights?(p. 134)
• Copyright over broadcasts(p. 136)
• How are broadcasting rights regulated?(p. 138)
• Statutory regulation(p. 138)
• Competition law(p. 140)
• An introduction(p. 140)
• Article 85 (81)(p. 141)
• Undertakings, associations of undertakings(p. 142)
• Agreements, decisions, concerted practices(p. 143)
• Prevention, restriction or distortion of competition(p. 144)
• Effect of inter-state trade(p. 145)
• Article 85(3) (now Article 81(3))(p. 146)
• Enforcement(p. 146)
• Article 86 (now Article 82)(p. 147)
• Market definition(p. 148)
• Dominance(p. 149)
• Abuse(p. 149)
• Broadcasting and competition law(p. 150)
• The relevant market in sports broadcasting cases(p. 150)
• (i) Type of television(p. 150)
• (ii) Type of sport(p. 151)
• (iii) Live and recorded sport(p. 152)
• (iv) Geographic market(p. 152)
• Collective selling(p. 153)
• Collective purchasing(p. 156)
• Exclusivity(p. 159)
• Other anti-competition practices(p. 162)
• Marketing(p. 163)
• Ticket sales(p. 163)
• Merchandise sales(p. 165)
• Note on the judgment of the restrictive practices court in the FA Premier League case(p. 167)
• 7 Disciplinary Proceedings in Sport(p. 171)
• Introduction: disciplinary proceedings in sport generally(p. 171)
• The validity and meaning of disciplinary rules: jurisdiction of disciplinary panels(p. 175)
• Evidence and proof in disciplinary proceedings(p. 184)
• Disciplinary procedures - the content of procedural fairness(p. 191)
• Penalties in disciplinary proceedings(p. 206)
• Costs in disciplinary proceedings(p. 210)
• Appeals in disciplinary proceedings(p. 211)
• The practical management of disciplinary issues(p. 211)
• Postscript: general principles of CAS case law especially in doping cases(p. 217)
• General principles(p. 217)
• Judicial self-restrict in sporting matters(p. 217)
• The right to be heard(p. 217)
• Unbiased tribunal(p. 218)
• Good faith(p. 218)
• The benefit of the doubt(p. 219)
• Rules and guidelines(p. 219)
• Legitimate expectation(p. 219)
• Principles specifically related to doping(p. 219)
• Strict liability(p. 219)
• Anti-technicality(p. 219)
• Sanctions(p. 219)
• 8 Remedies: The Resolution of Legal Disputes in Sport(p. 221)
• Introduction(p. 221)
• Court proceedings - remedies in public law(p. 224)
• Remedies under the European Convention on Human Rights(p. 232)
• Court proceedings - remedies in private law(p. 234)
• Declarations(p. 235)
• Injunctions(p. 237)
• Multiplicity of proceedings(p. 248)
• Damages(p. 250)
• Unfair prejudice petitions in company law(p. 252)
• Arbitration in sport(p. 253)
• Jurisdiction, choice of law and conflict of laws(p. 264)
• The way forward: towards a unitary system of sports dispute resolution(p. 268)
• Table of Cases and Statutes(p. 271)
• Index(p. 293)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Marie Demetriou, a former lecturer at St Hilda's College, Oxford, was called to the Bar in 1995 and is also a member of 4-5 Gray's Inn Square.