Sports Law

Sports law has been growing with increasing rapidity over the years since the first edition of this book was published in 1999, regularly making headlines as well as leading to a developing body of law practised by specialist lawyers. This revised work, by leading practitioners in the field, with a foreword by Lord Coe, provides a coherent framework for understanding the principles of sports law in this area, as well as a deep analysis of its key features. The subject is split into various areas of practice: first, regulatory rules, which embrace the constitutional aspect of organised sport, including the disciplinary procedures of the various governing organisations; second, broadcasting and marketing resulting from the commercial exploitation, including sponsorship, of sports clubs, sporting events and players; and third, player's rights and obligations, which embraces a wide range of legal issues including club transfers and player contracts, and issues arising from employment (including discrimination law), personal injury and criminal law. Special attention is paid to the impact of EU and Human Rights law as well as to the influential jurisprudence of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
London 2012 provides an appropriate point at which to assess the current state of the law, as well as a look to the future. The target readership extends from solicitors, barristers and legal advisers, to sports organisations and clubs, corporations involved in marketing and sponsorship, media companies, academics teaching sports law, and sports administrators.
"I commend it to everyone who has to administer sport as well as to those who have to advise the administrators or argue cases in the field on whatever side. It is a gold medal book."
From the Foreword by Lord Coe KBE
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Sports Law online service.

The Hon Michael Beloff QC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers. a former President of Trinity College Oxford, Master of the Bench of Grays Inn and a member of the Channel Islands Court of Appeal. He is a Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Chairman of the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission, a Member of the International Appeal Panel of Formula One, Editor of Sweet and Maxwell's International Sports Law Review, General Editor of Halsburys Laws on Sports Law (forthcoming), and President of the British Association of Sport and Law.
Tim Kerr QC is a barrister at 11 King's Bench Walk specialising in sports law, administrative and employment law; he sits as a sports arbitrator and a Chancery civil recorder and conducts investigations for public sector bodies.
Marie Demetriou QC is a barrister at Brick Court Chambers, London.
Rupert Beloff is a Barrister at No5 Chambers, London, specialising in public law, sports law, commercial law and human rights.

1. The Nature of Sports Law
2. Overview: Framework of the Law Relating to Sport
3. Access to Sporting Competitions
4. Players' Rights
5. The Regulation of Play
6. The Commercial Exploitation of Sport
7. Disciplinary Proceedings in Sport
8. Remedies: The Resolution of Legal Disputes in Sport