“Sports Law”: Implications for the Development of International, Comparative, and National Law and Global Dispute Resolution

Abstract

In this Article, we observe that legal regulation of national and iternational sports competition has become extremely complex and has entered a new ea, which provides fertile gmund for the cration and evolution ofbroaderlegaljunsprudence with potentially widespread influence and application. Our pnncipal ahn is to daw these developments to the attention of legal scholars and attorneys not necessarily familiar with sports law Specifically the evolving law ofsports is having a significant influence on the development ofinternational and national laws, is establishing a body of substantive legal doctrine rpe for analysis fiam a comparative law perspective, and has impoitant implications for global drspute resolution. For example, the global processes used to establish an international sports antidoping code and to resolve a broad range of Olympic and international sports dsputes (which is rapidly creating a body ofglobal private law) provide paradgms of international cooperation andgloballawmaking In addition, judicial resolution of sports-elated cases may develop jurisprudence with new applications and 0 2010 Matthew J. Mitten and Hayden Opie.

Sports Law: Some Introductory Considerations

“…All the changes listed above are not accompanied by a proper interest in the study of rules of conduct that regulate social relations in sport at all levels. The first studies of sport as a "legal order" were recorded in the 1920s of the 20 th century (35), but practically the appearance of the first works dedicated to sports law in the U.S. occurred in '70s and '80s and in Europe in the early '90s of the 20 th century (36). Data from the Association of American law schools -Directory of Law Teachers indicates how much the sports law was still a neglected discipline, in the years 2009-2010 "there are only 120 professors who teach sports law, while there are approximately 340 antitrust law, 1800 constitutional law, and 360 labour law professors" (36).…”

Custodians of the Game: Ethical Considerations for Football Governing Bodies in Regulating Concussion Management

“…More and more, sport policies tend to use sport to help solve large social issues, such as health, violence and discrimination in society. Mitten and Opie, citing Halberstam, describe sport as a window of social change and a driver of public policy [28]. Society also expects that through the production process of champions and elite athletes, risk-assessments are made on the continuum of benefit versus harm.…”

Sporto Ginčus Nagrinėjantys Nacionaliniai Ir Tarptautiniai Organai

“…Kaip pažymi prof. Matthew J. Mitten ir prof. Hayden Opie straipsnyje apie ginčų, kylančių iš sporto teisinių santykių, nagrinėjimą 5 "<...> kiekvienas tarptautinis ar nacionalinis sporto valdymo subjektas, kaip ir kiekvienas sportininkas, kuris dalyvauja Olimpinėse žaidynėse ar tam tikrame tarptautiniame sporto renginyje, turi savo "namų valstybę", kurioje jis yra registruotas, turi gyvenamąją vietą ir jam yra taikomi tos "namų valstybės" nacionaliniai teisės aktai. Kadangi "namų valstybių" nacionaliniai teisės aktai yra skirtingi, sporto ginčų sprendimas tarp kelių subjektų (Tarptautinio olimpinio komiteto, tarptautinių sporto federacijų, nacionalinio olimpinio komiteto, nacionalinių federacijų) "namų valstybės" teismuose visada yra problemiškas ir susiduria su sudėtingomis jurisdikcinėmis bei teisės taikymo problemomis" 6 . Taip šie autoriai nori parodyti, kad iš sporto teisinių santykių kylantys ginčai gali susidurti tiek su nacionalinių teisės aktų reguliavimu, kuris gali būti vienoks, tiek su tarptautinių sporto federacijų nustatytų reguliavimu, kuris gali būti kitoks.…”