Introduction to the law of sport

Question 1

Sport & Rights (Organisations & Documents)

Answer 1

a) European Sport Charter
b) Sports for Women Generation equality framework
c) Championing Human Rights in the governance of sport bodies
d) Protection of young athletes from danger of migration
e) Inclusion of children and their protection in sport
f)

Question 2

Recommendation of the Standing Committee at Sporting Events

Answer 2

a) Security
b) Safety
c) Service

Question 3

Macolin Convention
three types of sports competition manipulation

Answer 3

1. Direct interference in the natural course of a sporting event or
   competition i.e. deliberate manipulation by individual(s) involved in
   the event
2. Modification of an athlete’s identity or personal information in
   order to influence the natural course or outcome of a sports
   competition
3. Modification that is non-compliant with criminal laws or sport
   rules relating to:
   I. playing surfaces
   II. equipment
   III. athlete physiology
   IV. a sporting venue

These three types can then be further sub-categorised by using the
following criteria relating to the instigator(s) of the manipulation:
A. Exploitation of governance
B. Exploitation of power or influence
C. External influences
D. Opportunistic

Question 4

What is lex sportiva?

Answer 4

= a transnational document
It emerges from the norms created by private global institutions that govern international sports

A main actor in lex sportiva consolidation = CAS

Question 5

CAS role in making Lex Sportiva

Answer 5

• Application of Sports general Principles
• Creation of Principa Sportiva
• Interpretation of current Sports Law. Influencing Law Makers
• Harmonization of Global Sports Law. Role of Supreme Court in Sports

Question 6

the role of CAS

Answer 6

• Harmonization of Sports Law
• a cenzralized system to review domestic and international laws of sport
• the legitimacy of CAS awards is consensual
• Decision based on the rules chosen by the parts. In their
  absence the rules of the country of the Federation or sport club
  issuing the challenge decision
• In this case the CAS Panel may consider the application of
  domestic rules and reasonably make a decision disregarding
  them
• CAS harmonizes both transnational and national Sports Law
• This function is linked to the Development of Sport Legal
  Principles