SPORTS LAW, EKPA:PRESS 2024
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SPORTS
CONTRACTS, ARBITRATION, ETHICAL
MANAGEMENT
AND COVID 19
IASL's Project of Research in Sports Law
National and Kapodistrian Athens University PRESS
NCUA: ATHENS 2024
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Sports law is defined as the special law that investigates the landscape of legal relationships that develop in sports andagonistic scenes. It investigates the problems that arise during sports and competitive activity, which is under a special regime of rules of law, structure, organization, implementation, and human behavior, based on experts and in a special context of rules of law, set by the legislator, or the private initiative and in which there is supervision and control by the
administration and the established sports authorities according to the provisions of the Constitution, laws and Lex Sportiva.
Sports Law consists of a) Rules of law for sports action on special issues of sports and the system of sports clubs, b)Rules of institutional autonomy, of Lex Sportiva for special sports issues.
Common law rules and general principles of law also apply to sport on many issues either directly, due to the lack ofspecific rules, or ihttps://www.sportslawacademy.com/sports-law-series/ndirectly by absorption, with a corresponding adjustment in their application, and often derogate from
common law rules, for example, the principle lex specialis derogat legi generali.
In this book titled Sports Law: Legal Responsibility in Sports, Ethical -Contracts - Arbitration Management and Covid 19, the legal horizon of sports is fundamentally investigated. In particular, the First Part includes issues concerning the introduction to sports law, with a focus on intra-sport rules as Lex Sportiva. The second Part, in the context of Sports Law, deals with issues such as ethics and responsibility in international Sports activities and the application of the Wada Code. In the Third Part, issues regarding contracts in sports, contracts of athletes, and the protection of athletes are examined. The Fourth Part addresses issues of sports jurisdiction, arbitration in sports the operation of judicial bodies such as CAS at the international level, and the protection of human rights. The Fifth Part includes issues related to Sports Law and management such as the role of UNESCO in supporting the rights of children in sports for all, the right of personal development, risk management in Top sports, and sports activities as a lever for tourism development. The Sixth Part deals with issues related to Sports Law and COVID-19 as the impact of the coronavirus global health emergency on
sports law, civil liability caused by the outbreak of coronavirus in sports law and athletes' agreements, and FIFA COVID-19.
This work on Sports Law, beyond the educational needs in the corresponding university courses, is also addressed to those who face either theoretical problems in research or problems of solving practical issues in daily practice related to Sports Law and for the subsequent researchers and is a useful tool for further digging in the plateau of this science.
Authors:
Prof. Adel BEHBEHANI, Civil law at the Kuwait University, Kuwait (pp197-223)
Prof. Matthew J. MITTEN, Marquette University, USA (pp267-292)
Prof. Andras NEMES, Hungarian University of Sports Science, Advocate, Attorney-at-Law, Hungary (pp.398-444)
Prof. Dimitrios P. PANAGIOTOPOULOS, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Advocate, Attorney-at-Law, Greece (3-33, 165-171,223-239, 243-267,444-456,518-523).
Prof. Juan Francisco RODRIGUEZ AYUSO (Dr.), International Doctor of Digital Law from the University of Bologna, Italy (pp.487-500)
Prof. Huiying XIANG, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China (pp.316-334)
Asst. Professor Anna di GIANDOMENICO, University of Teramo, Italy (pp. 49-62)
Asst. Professor Daniel GANDERT, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, USA (pp.292-315)
Asst. Prof., Dr. Marina KAME?ECKA-USOVA, EKA University of Applied Sciences, Latvia (pp.337-350).
Asst. Prof. Yousefi SADEGHLOO-AHMAD, Attorney- at- Law, specialist in Sport law, IRAN (pp.501-518).
Asst. Prof.,Karina ZALCMANE Director of Bachelor program Law at EKA University of Applied Sciences (Riga),Latvia (pp154-164)
Dr. Elena ATIENZA-MACIAS, Post-doctoral «Ramny Cajal» Researcher, Deusto University, Faculty of Law, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain (pp. 473-487 )
Dr. Nassereddine KESRI, Lawyer, Sports Law specialist and Doping in Sport, Algeria. (pp.350-371).
Dr. Vasilios OIKONOMOU, Lawyer, Greek Parliament Member, Greece (pp.372-398)
Dr. Panagiotis D. PANAGIOTOPOULOS, Harokopio University, Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, Sports Management and Master of administration, Greece.(pp.456-469)
Dr. Anatoly PESKOV (PhD), Attorney- at-Law, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA) and a member of the Board of Directors of the IASL(IASL), Russia.(pp 63-153)
Dr. Maria FRANCESCA SERRA, Contract Professor in Sports Law at UNICUSANO, Italy (pp 33-46)
Konstantinos KONSTANTINIDIS, MSc in Sports Science and Candidate of Sports Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (pp.165-171).
Zografenia KALLIMANI, Lawyer (LLM in Sports Law), Law Degree, European University of Cyprus, Special
Certificate of Sports law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (pp.165-171).
Balzs FARKAS, Lex Sportiva Hungarian Society of Sports law Ltd, Hungary (pp.398-444)
Elham RAJABI ,PH.D Candidate in private Law of Islamic Azad University from Tehran , Iran (pp.501-518).
Jennifer TÃTH, Lex Sportiva Hungarian Society of Sports law Ltd, Hungary (pp.398-444)
Tsubasa SHINOHARA, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (pp. 172-194)
Kristina FRKOVIC, Third Year Law Student, Research Assistant, Marquette University Law School
(Class of May 2022), USA (pp. 267-292).
General Editing
Daphne Panagiota PANAGIOTOPOULOU, Lawyer, LLM, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
