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Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Sports Law

Edited by: Björn Hessert, Chui Ling Goh

ISBN13: 9781802206524
To be Published: October 2025
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £205.00



This Concise Encyclopedia provides a definitive and comprehensive overview of the emerging field of sports law. Entries identify the core principles, relevant regulatory basis and seminal jurisprudence of each topic.

Leading international experts examine the most pressing aspects of sports law such as good governance, regulation and sports integrity, as well as influential cases. Written in a succinct style, this Encyclopedia combines authoritative commentary and insightful analysis with a global comparative approach in order to reflect the universal appeal of sport itself.

Scholars, students and researchers in sports law will greatly benefit from this highly informative Concise Encyclopedia. Timely and engaging, it will also be an essential resource for practitioners, policymakers and professionals working in sports law, employment law, safeguarding and governance.

Key Features:

  • A landmark reference work which presents a synopsis of current jurisprudence
  • Over 90 entries provide an insight into crucial areas of sports law
  • Each entry includes a bibliography as a valuable reference point for further reading
  • Entries cover several major sports organisations including the International Olympic Committee, FIFA, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Subjects:
Sports Law
Contents:
Preface xiii
1. Accountability in sports governance 1
Natalie St Cyr Clarke
2. Agents and athletes who are minors 7
Serhat Yilmaz
3. American model of sport 11
Matthew J. Mitten
4. Artificial intelligence in sports 15
Jan De Bruyne
5. Association tribunals 19
Erika Riedl
6. Australia and the Macolin Convention 25
Genevieve Lim
7. Autonomy of sports 29
Margareta Baddeley
8. Basketball Arbitral Tribunal 37
Heiner Kahlert and David Menz
9. Best practice models in sports governance 41
Maria Clarke
10. Blockchain technology, cryptos, and the sports Industry 49
Alexis Schoeb
11. Bosman 55
David McArdle
12. Breakaway leagues 59
Dr and Katarina Pijetlovic
13. Broadcasting rights in US sports 63
Nathaniel Grow
14. Causa Pechstein: Pechstein v. International Skating Union et
al. (German Civil Courts) 67
Tim Hülskötter and Petra Pohlmann
15. Collective bargaining 73
Braham Dabscheck
16. Compensation under Article 17 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players 77
Omar Ongaro
17. Consequences under the WADA Code 83
Charlotte Frey
18. Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions 87
André Kuhn, Madalina Diaconu and Surbhi Kuwelker
19. COVID-19: Impact on sport globally 91
Sarah Carrick
20. Criminal regulation of sporting violence 95
Jeffrey Standen
21. Data protection 101
Ardi Kolah and Jacob Kornbeck
22. Disability sport 107
Florian Kiuppis
23. Disciplinary rules 111
Leanne O’Leary
24. Education 117
Richard Redman
25. Eligibility 123
Steve Cornelius
26. Exchange of information between sports organisations and law enforcement agencies 129
James Moller
27. Fairness in sport 133
Nikki Dryden
28. FIFA’s regulation of third-party influence and third-party ownership 137
Frans de Weger and Dannick Luckson
29. Football agents: From de-regulation to re-regulation and beyond 141
Gregory Ioannidis
30. Gender diversity in sport 147
Seema Patel
31. Governance and sport 153
Jean-Loup Chappelet
32. Inclusion of disability sports 159
Simon Watts-Morgan
33. Independence of CAS arbitrators 163
Antonio Rigozzi and Erika Hasler
34. Integrity of sport 169
Catherine Ordway
35. Intellectual property 179
Rebecca Oliver
36. Intersex athletes in sport 185
Erin Buzuvis
37. Introduction to consequences under the WADA Code 189
Brianna Quinn
38. Introduction to match-fixing 191
Mirjam Koller Trunz
39. Legal aid at the court of arbitration for sport 197
Pierre Ducret
40. Lex sportiva 201
Antoine Duval
41. Mediating sports disputes 207
Jeffrey G. Benz
42. Mega-sporting events and human rights 213
Daniela Heerdt
43. Minor athletes in professional sports 219
Serhat Yilmaz
44. Models in esports 223
Mathew Jessep
45. National criminal law on match manipulation: Germany 227
Oliver Ofosu-Ayeh
46. Nomination and selection disputes in sport 231
Paul Horvath and Jackie Chan
47. Organisation of professional football leagues 237
Vito Esposito
48. Overview of sports law 241
Jack Anderson
49. Pechstein v Switzerland (ECtHR) 245
Antonio Rigozzi and Johannes Fahner
50. Proportionality, human rights, and the World Anti-Doping Code 251
Jan Exner
51. Reducing periods of ineligibility under the World Anti-Doping Code 257
Shaun Star and Aniruddha Kambhampati
52. Regulating concussion in professional team sports 263
Alexandra Veuthey
53. Right to employment in sports 269
Jan Kleiner and Vanessa Plavjanikova
54. Safeguarding 273
Richard Bush
55. Sanctions under the WADA Code: Ineligibility 279
Brianna Quinn and Charlotte Frey
56. Solidarity mechanisms in football 285
Seán Ó Conaill
57. Sport nationality 289
Yann Hafner
58. Sporting sanctions under Article 17 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players 295
Eolos Rigopoulos
59. Sports governing bodies: Power, authority, legitimacy, and legality 301
Lloyd Freeburn
60. Sports investigations 305
Björn Hessert
61. Sports law in Australia 309
Jack Anderson
62. Sports law in China 313
Guo Cai
63. Sports law in Denmark 317
Morten Bro
64. Sports law in Ireland 321
Laura Donnellan
65. Sports law in Japan 325
Keiji Kawai and Matt Nichol
66. Sports law in New Zealand 329
Elizabeth Toomey
67. Sports law in Nigeria 333
Kelvin Omuojine
68. Sports law in Russia 337
Alexander Chebotarev
69. Sports law in Singapore 343
Chui Ling Goh
70. Sports law in Switzerland 347
Ivan Dunjic
71. Sports law in the Caribbean 351
Jason Haynes
72. Sports rules and regulations on
match-fixing 357
Madalina Diaconu, Surbhi Kuwelker and André Kuhn
73. Standing before CAS 361
Annett Rombach
74. Tendering of sports rights 365
Christian Frodl
75. The European Model of Sport 369
Stephen Weatherill
76. The FIFA Football Agent
Regulations 375
Paolo Lombardi, Luca Pastore and Ian Laing
77. The FIFA Football Tribunal 383
Michele Colucci
78. The FIFA World Cup™ bidding process 387
Najla Akef and Lucas Harrati
79. The impact of technology on sports 393
Lau Kok Keng
80. The International Olympic
Committee 399
Ryan Gauthier
81. The International Standard for Laboratories 403
Jean-Pierre Morand and Michael Kottmann
82. The Olympic Movement 407
Mark James
83. The Paralympic Movement 411
Chui Ling Goh
84. The principle of stare decisis and CAS awards 415
Gregory Ioannidis
85. The rights of athletes 419
Brendan Schwab
86. The specificity of sport 425
Richard Parrish and Vanja Smokvina
87. TopFit: Freedom of movement, EU law, and sport 429
Andrea Cattaneo
88. Transfer of football players 433
Josep Francesc Vandellos Alamilla
89. Transparency in sports governance 437
Marie-Christin Bareuther
90. WADA International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS) 443
Stephan Netzle and Josepha Nehring
91. WADA International Standard for Education 447
Janie Soublière
92. WADA International Standard for Results Management 451
Jonathan M. Jenkins
93. WADA International Standard for Testing and Investigations 457
Aaron Walker
94. WADA International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions 461
Paul J. Greene