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This handbook provides a definitive guide to the regulation of international and national sport through the lens of both regulatory, governance and legal frameworks. This book is an essential resource for students and academics exploring issues in international and national sports law, sports regulation and sport governance.
List of contents
Introduction: Sport in the 21st Century - A Complex, Evolving and Challenging Landscape by Annette Greenhow and John Wolohan
PART I: Regulatory Models and Governance Systems1. The IOC and Olympic Law: Scoping the Regulatory Space of the IOC
2. Sports governance and the rule of law
3. Who's running the play? The role of the European Union in Sports Regulations
4. The NCAA Amateurism Model and its recent decline
5. Deterring Regulation Through the Threat of the Sportspocalypse
6. The regulation of sports agents
7. The Legal, Ethical, and Moral Questions Surrounding the Role of a League Commissioner
PART II: Regulating Integrity and Governance Failures 8. Sport Corruption
9. Regulating Doping: The USADA Model
10. When 'Legally good Enough" is not Enough: Non-Disclosure Agreements and the Hockey Canada Governance Crisis
11. Governing Sports Federations: Debates in Japan and their International Dimensions
12. Sports Gambling
PART III: Regulating Sport Equity, Access and Safety13. An Analysis of the Equal Pay Debates in Women's Football
14. Gender, Sport Regulation and Law
15. Anti-racism regulatory framework in international sport governance bodies
16. Safeguarding vulnerable participants in sport
17. Regulating dangerous sports
18. Club doctors and concussion injury management: A cross-jurisdictional review of conflicts of interest in professional football
PART IV: Regulating Disputes19. Judicial precedent and Lex Sportiva: In search of harmonisation, consistency and legal certainty
20. The Regulatory Space of Arbitration in Baseball
21. Applicable law for football disputes in the Court of Arbitration for Sport and a Review of Chinese Football cases
22. Sports Law in New Zealand - A central role in the Nation's Economy and Regulation
Conclusion: Future Directions
About the author
Annette Greenhow is a legal academic from the Faculty of Law, Bond University. Since 2010, Annette has researched the area of sports-related concussion, examining the regulatory, governance and policy-making roles of state and non-state actors. Annette holds a PhD from Monash University investigating the regulation of concussion in Australian sport, a Master of Laws (Bond) and Bachelor of Laws (QUT). As an Australian legal practitioner, Annette held senior management positions in small, medium and large firms over an extensive legal practice career. She is a Committee Member of the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association Inc. and Editor of the Bond University Sports Law and Governance Journal.
John Wolohan is a professor of Sports Law in the Syracuse University Falk College of Sport and a Professor of Law by courtesy appointment in the College of Law at Syracuse University. Professor Wolohan has been teaching and working in the fields of sports law, gaming law and sports media rights for over 25 years. In addition to making numerous national and international presentations, Professor Wolohan has edited and authored several books on sports-related topics.
Summary
This handbook provides a definitive guide to the regulation of international and national sport through the lens of both regulatory, governance and legal frameworks. This book is an essential resource for students and academics exploring issues in international and national sports law, sports regulation and sport governance.
