10th International Congress on Sports Law

Athens, Greece on 25-27 November 2004

 Welcome note

This past summer, Greece hosted the planet's greatest sports events, the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2004. Their success was immense, not only in their organizational part, but mainly for the moral and intellectual qualities, which they granted upon the Olympic movement.

The Games of 2004 were distinguished for the uniqueness of their continuity in the land of their birth and revival and for their consistency in honoring the values and the ideology of the Olympic movement. The values of “fair play”, of the Olympic truce, of voluntary work, of fighting the scourge of doping, were successful and will undoubtedly constitute an example for future events.

Organized in Athens in a time of great relevance, the 10 th International Congress on Sports Law, features on “Sports Law: Implementation and the Olympic Games”.

Distinguished scholars, scientists and academics on law from around the world, will attempt to develop a dialogue on the principles of the science of sports law. Furthermore they will underline the problems that sports law faces and will work towards laying the foundations for solving them. All this intellectual activity will be inspired by the recent organization of the Olympic Games in our country.

As the General Secretary for the Olympic Games l would like to express my best wishes for the success of this congress.

Spyros Cladas
General Secretary for the Olympic Games