Sports Law

Höfundur: Mark James (Útgáfa: 3)
Sports Law

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This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which the law has impacted on how sport is played, administered and consumed. The author writes in a clear and engaging manner, tracing the origins and sources of this rapidly evolving subject and drawing examples from a wide range of professional and amateur sports to illustrate the important current debates and topics of interest. The book covers a wide-range of topics from participant and non-participant liability, fighting sports and their legality, and liability for stadium safety and disasters.

The final section of the book takes in the very latest developments in mass-event sport and the growing but fundamental area of sports commercialisation. New to this Edition:- Fully updated and includes analyses of the Pechstein and Sharapova decisions - Includes details on the state aid rulings on financial support for Spanish and Dutch football clubs - The author includes a review of the Rio 2016 OlympicsAccompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.

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Útgefandi
Bloomsbury UK
ISBN
9781509958757
Print ISBN
9781137559258
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
3
Höfundar
Mark James
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2017-04-26
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
10

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  • Cover
  • Halftitle
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Table of equivalences
  • Table of cases
  • Table of legislation
  • Part I Origins and sources of sports law
  • 1 What is sports law?
  • 1.1 What is sports law and where do we find it?
  • 1.1.1 Why has the law become involved with sport?
  • 1.1.2 Sources of sports law
  • 1.1.3 The increasing importance of domestic and global sports law
  • 1.1.4 The governance of sport in the UK
  • 1.2 Domestic sports law
  • 1.3 Global sports law
  • 1.4 National sports law
  • 1.4.1 Decisions of the domestic courts
  • 1.4.2 Legislation from the national Parliament
  • 1.4.3 Investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority
  • 1.5 European sports law
  • 1.5.1 Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union
  • 1.5.2 Decisions of the European Commission on competition issues
  • 1.5.3 Sport and the European Treaties
  • 1.6 International sports law
  • 1.6.1 European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in Particular at Football Matches 1985
  • 1.6.2 The Anti-Doping Convention 1989
  • 1.6.3 The Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions 2014
  • 1.7 Conclusion 23
  • Hot topic 1 – The relationship and interplay between lex sportiva and national law
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 2 Challenging governing bodies in English law
  • 2.1 The relationship between the two systems of sports law
  • 2.2 The role of governing bodies and their legal status in English law
  • 2.2.1 The jurisdiction of governing bodies over their members
  • 2.2.2 Establishing a rival organisation
  • 2.2.3 The legal status of governing bodies
  • 2.3 Challenging governing bodies’ decisions in the English courts
  • 2.3.1 The unavailability of judicial review in England and Wales
  • 2.3.2 Supervisory jurisdiction of the courts
  • 2.3.3 Actions of the NGB amounting to a breach of contract
  • 2.3.4 Establishing whether the proceedings are disciplinary or arbitral
  • 2.4 The impact of national sports law on disciplinary and appeals tribunals
  • 2.4.1 The NGB must act within its own rules and in accordance with the law
  • 2.4.2 The NGB must not base its decision on errors of fact
  • 2.4.3 The NGB must not take into account irrelevant considerations
  • 2.4.4 The NGB must act in accordance with the rules of natural justice
  • 2.4.5 The NGB must not reach its decision under the influence of bias
  • 2.4.6 The NGB must not act unreasonably, arbitrarily or capriciously
  • 2.4.7 The development of the current structural framework
  • Hot topic 2 – Challenging a club ban and the rules of natural justice
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 3 Challenging governing bodies before the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • 3.1 The Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • 3.2 The jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • 3.3 Arbitrations and appeals
  • 3.3.1 Eligibility disputes
  • 3.3.2 Commercial and contractual disputes
  • 3.3.3 Doping disputes
  • 3.3.4 Match-fixing penalties
  • 3.3.5 Good governance and procedural fairness
  • 3.3.6 Forced arbitration clauses and the Pechstein litigation
  • 3.4 Advisory opinions
  • 3.5 Mediation
  • 3.6 The role of the CAS ad hoc Division
  • 3.7 Challenges to decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport before the Swiss Federal Tribunal
  • Hot topic 3 – McLaren and meldonium
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Part II Sports participation and the law
  • 4 Liability for injuries caused by other participants
  • 4.1 The growth of sports torts
  • 4.1.1 Choice of tort – negligence or trespass to the person?
  • 4.2 Trespass to the person
  • 4.2.1 Battery
  • 4.3 Negligence
  • 4.4 Negligence in sports cases
  • 4.4.1 Duty of care
  • 4.4.2 Breach of duty and the expected standard of behaviour
  • 4.4.3 The causal link between the breach of duty and the harm caused
  • 4.5 Vicarious liability
  • 4.5.1 Bringing a claim based on vicarious liability
  • 4.5.2 Vicarious liability for negligent acts
  • 4.5.3 Vicarious liability for deliberate acts
  • 4.5.4 Dual employment
  • 4.6 Defences
  • 4.6.1 Defences to trespass to the person
  • 4.6.2 Defences to negligence
  • 4.7 Compensation
  • 4.7.1 Calculating compensation
  • Hot topic 4 – The evolution of vicarious liability and its impact on sport
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 5 Liability for injuries caused by non-participants
  • 5.1 Extending sports negligence to new defendants
  • 5.1.1 Possible explanations for the expansion of negligence liability
  • 5.1.2 Recent restrictions on liability
  • 5.2 Coaches, instructors and supervisors
  • 5.2.1 Establishing a claim
  • 5.2.2 Defences
  • 5.3 Referees and match officials
  • 5.3.1 Establishing a claim
  • 5.3.2 Defences
  • 5.4 Governing bodies and international federations
  • 5.4.1 Establishing a claim
  • 5.4.2 Defences
  • 5.5 Medical professionals
  • 5.5.1 First aid and the initial injury
  • 5.5.2 The design and implementation of return to fitness programmes
  • 5.5.3 Referrals for specialist medical treatment
  • 5.5.4 Confidentiality and the disclosure of medical records
  • Hot topic 5 – What is the prospect of a concussion claim succeeding in the UK?
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 6 Sports participation and the criminal law
  • 6.1 Regulating athletes’ conduct with the criminal law
  • 6.1.1 The role of sports disciplinary tribunals
  • 6.2 Criminal violence in sports
  • 6.2.1 Overview of the applicable offences
  • 6.2.2 R v Barnes – prosecuting sports violence
  • 6.2.3 Application of the law and sentencing
  • 6.2.4 Defences
  • 6.2.5 Homicide
  • 6.3 Public disorder and racism
  • 6.3.1 Public Order Act 1986 ss.4A and 5 – causing harassment, alarm and distress
  • 6.3.2 Breach of the peace and inciting crowd disorder
  • 6.3.3 Racial abuse
  • 6.3.4 Assaulting the crowd
  • 6.4 Match-fixing, spot-fixing and corruption
  • 6.4.1 Criminal conspiracies
  • 6.4.2 Fraud Act 2006 – fraud
  • 6.4.3 Gambling Act 2005 s.42 – cheating at gambling
  • 6.5 Sexual offences and child abuse
  • Hot topic 6 – Regulating gambling-related corruption in sport
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 7 The legality of fighting sports
  • 7.1 Context
  • 7.2 The legal status of traditional fighting sports
  • 7.2.1 Distinguishing between sparring and prize-fighting
  • 7.3 The legal status of modern fighting sports
  • 7.3.1 The anomalous position of fighting sports
  • 7.3.2 Properly conducted sports
  • 7.4 Justifying the legal status of fighting sports
  • 7.4.1 The public policy arguments
  • 7.4.2 The legal arguments and R v Brown
  • 7.4.3 The jurisprudential arguments
  • 7.4.4 Conclusion
  • Hot topic 7 – The regulation of mixed martial arts
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Part III Stadiums, spectators and the law
  • 8 Liability for dangerous premises and dangerous events
  • 8.1 General tortious liability of organisers and hosts of sports events
  • 8.1.1 Historical background
  • 8.2 The Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984
  • 8.2.1 Liability for occupancy or liability for the activity
  • 8.2.2 The premises
  • 8.2.3 The occupier of the premises
  • 8.2.4 Visitors and trespassers
  • 8.2.5 Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
  • 8.2.6 Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984
  • 8.3 Nuisance
  • 8.3.1 Private nuisance
  • 8.3.2 Public nuisance
  • 8.4 Actions in negligence
  • 8.4.1 Participants v. Organisers
  • 8.4.2 Spectators v. Organisers
  • 8.4.3 Spectators v. Participants
  • 8.4.4 Passersby v. Organisers
  • 8.5 Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998/2306
  • Hot topic 8 – Striking the balance between safety and risk at sporting events
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 9 Stadium disasters and spectator safety
  • 9.1 Background and context
  • 9.1.1 Cheltenham Races, 1866 and Ewood Park, Blackburn, 1894
  • 9.1.2 Ibrox Park, Glasgow, 1902
  • 9.2 Empire Stadium, Wembley and the Shortt Report, 1923– 1924
  • 9.2.1 Empire Stadium, Wembley, 1923
  • 9.2.2 The Shortt Report, 1924 – ‘Report of the Departmental Committee on Crowds’
  • 9.3 Burnden Park, Bolton and the Moelwyn Hughes Report, 1946
  • 9.3.1 Burnden Park, Bolton, 1946
  • 9.3.2 The Moelwyn Hughes Report, 1946 – ‘Enquiry into the Disaster at Bolton Wanderers’ Football Ground on the 9th March 1946’
  • 9.4 Creating the conditions for further disasters
  • 9.5 Ibrox Park, Glasgow, and the Wheatley Report, 1971
  • 9.5.1 Ibrox Park, Glasgow, 1971
  • 9.5.2 The Wheatley Report, 1972 – ‘Report on Crowd Safety at Sports Grounds’
  • 9.5.3 The Safety at Sports Grounds Act 1975
  • 9.6 Valley Parade, Bradford and the Popplewell Reports, 1985–1986
  • 9.6.1 Valley Parade, Bradford, 1985
  • 9.6.2 The Popplewell Reports, 1985 and 1986
  • 9.7 Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield and the Taylor Reports, 1989–1990
  • 9.7.1 Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, 1989
  • 9.7.2 The Taylor Interim Report, 1989 – ‘The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster’
  • 9.7.3 The Taylor Final Report, 1990 – ‘The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster’
  • 9.7.4 The legacy
  • Hot topic 9 – Should safe standing be reintroduced at designated football grounds?
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 10 Crowd disorder and football hooliganism
  • 10.1 Background and context
  • 10.2 Government inquiries into crowd disorder, 1967–1984
  • 10.2.1 The Harrington Report, 1968 – ‘Soccer Hooliganism: A Preliminary Report’
  • 10.2.2 The Lang Report, 1969 – ‘Report of the Working Party: Crowd Behaviour at Football Matches’
  • 10.2.3 The McElhone Report, 1977 – ‘Report of the Working Group on Football Crowd Behaviour’
  • 10.2.4 Department of the Environment Working Group Report, 1984 – ‘Football Spectator Violence’
  • 10.3 St Andrew’s, Birmingham, Heysel Stadium, Brussels and the Popplewell Reports, 1985–1986
  • 10.3.1 St Andrew’s, Birmingham, 1985
  • 10.3.2 Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Act 1985
  • 10.3.3 The Popplewell Interim Report, 1985 – ‘Interim Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds’
  • 10.3.4 Heysel Stadium, Brussels 1985
  • 10.3.5 The Popplewell Final Report, 1986 – ‘The Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds’
  • 10.3.6 European Convention on Spectator Violence
  • 10.4 Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield and the Taylor Reports, 1989–1990
  • 10.4.1 The Football (Offences) Act 1991
  • 10.4.2 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 ss.166 and 166 A – regulating ticket touting
  • 10.4.3 Recommendations for amending the Football Spectators Act 1989
  • 10.5 General legislation applicable to disorderly crowds
  • 10.5.1 Public Order Act 1986
  • 10.5.2 Other relevant legislation
  • 10.6 Football Banning Orders
  • 10.6.1 Football Spectators Act 1989 s.14A – Football Banning Orders on conviction
  • 10.6.2 Football Spectators Act 1989 s.14B – Football Banning Orders on complaint
  • 10.6.3 The effect of being subject to a Football Banning Order
  • Hot topic 10 – What is a regulated football match?
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Part IV The commercialisation of sport
  • 11 Regulating sporting relationships in English law
  • 11.1 The changing nature of sporting relationships
  • 11.2 Identifying and interpreting sports contracts
  • 11.2.1 Identifying the existence of a contract
  • 11.2.2 Interpreting the terms of the contract
  • 11.3 Conduct interfering with the performance of a contract
  • 11.3.1 Breach of contract
  • 11.3.2 Procuring a breach of contract
  • 11.3.3 Unlawful interference with the performance of a contract
  • 11.3.4 Conflicts of interest in the contractual relationship
  • 11.3.5 Constructive dismissal
  • 11.3.6 Unfair dismissal
  • 11.4 Restraint of trade
  • 11.4.1 Restraints affecting clubs
  • 11.4.2 Restraints affecting players
  • 11.5 Discriminatory behaviour
  • 11.5.1 Equality Act 2010
  • 11.5.2 Sex discrimination
  • 11.5.3 Race discrimination
  • 11.5.4 Disability discrimination
  • 11.5.5 Age discrimination
  • 11.6 The ‘Football Creditors’ Rule’ and taxation
  • Hot topic 11 – Can we achieve genuinely ‘open’ competition?
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 12 Regulating sporting relationships in EU law
  • 12.1 Engaging EU law through sporting relationships
  • 12.1.1 The Court of Justice of the European Union’s jurisdiction to hear disputes – making a reference under Art.267 TFEU (ex Art.234 ECT)
  • 12.1.2 The Court of Justice of the European Union’s jurisdiction to hear sports disputes
  • 12.2 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Art.45 (ex Art.39 ECT) – freedom of movement for workers
  • 12.2.1 The Bosman decision
  • 12.2.2 The impact of the Bosman decision
  • 12.2.3 Extending the reach of Art.45 TFEU
  • 12.3 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Art.56 (ex Art.49 ECT) – freedom to provide services
  • 12.3.1 The Deliège decision
  • 12.3.2 The impact of Deliège on English law
  • 12.4 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Art.49 (ex Art.43 ECT) – freedom of establishment
  • 12.5 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Arts.101 and (ex Arts.81 and 82 ECT) – competition law
  • 12.5.1 Undertakings, associations of undertakings and the ‘dual role’ of sports authorities
  • 12.5.2 The ‘dual role’ of sporting rules
  • 12.2.3 Conduct protected from the scope of EU law
  • 12.6 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Art.107 (ex Art.87) – state aid
  • Hot topic 12 – Future developments and potenial controversies in EU sports law
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 13 The fan as consumer and the commercial exploitation of sport
  • 13.1 The commercialisation and commodification of sport
  • 13.2 The exploitation of intellectual property and merchandising rights
  • 13.2.1 Protecting team names
  • 13.2.2 Replica kits
  • 13.2.3 Protecting other merchandising rights
  • 13.2.4 Ambush marketing
  • 13.3 Regulating access to televised sport
  • 13.3.1 Collective sales and exclusive deals
  • 13.3.2 Live sport in pubs
  • 13.3.3 Protected events of national importance
  • 13.4 Ticket touting and the regulation of secondary ticket sales
  • 13.4.1 The evolution of the secondary market
  • 13.4.2 Regulation by generally applicable criminal law provisions
  • 13.4.3 Regulation of specific instances of ticket touting
  • 13.4.4 Enforcing ticket conditions under the civil law
  • Hot topic 13 – The evolution and protection of broadcast and media rights
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • 14 Olympic law and sporting mega-events
  • 14.1 Olympic law and its impact on sporting mega-events
  • 14.2 The modern Olympic Movement
  • 14.2.1 The structure of the Olympic Movement
  • 14.2.2 The Olympic Charter
  • 14.2.3 The International Olympic Committee
  • 14.2.4 National representatives
  • 14.3 Law and the Olympics
  • 14.3.1 The Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol 1981
  • 14.3.2 Olympic Symbols etc (Protection) Act 1995
  • 14.3.3 London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006
  • 14.3.4 Preventing ambush marketing at the Olympics and global sporting events
  • 14.3.5 Olympic taxation rules and requirements
  • 14.4 The Court of Arbitration for Sport ad hoc Division
  • 14.5 The impact of Olympic law on future sporting mega-events
  • Hot topic 14 – Changing perceptions on hosting the Olympic Games
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Index