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Author Weatherill, Stephen, 1961- author.

Title European sports law : collected papers / Stephen Weatherill
Edition Second edition
Published The Hague, The Netherlands : T.M.C. Asser Press, [2014]
©2014
Table of Contents
1.Introduction / Stephen Weatherill1
2.Discrimination on Grounds of Nationality in Sport / Stephen Weatherill21
3.European Football Law / Stephen Weatherill63
4.Annotation [Bosman Case] / Stephen Weatherill101
5.0033149875354: Fining the Organisers of the 1998 Football World Cup / Stephen Weatherill135
6.Sports Under EC Competition Law and US Antitrust Law / Stephen Weatherill149
7.The Helsinki Report on Sport / Stephen Weatherill163
8.Resisting the Pressures of Àmericanization': The Influence of European Community Law on the Èuropean Sport Model' / Stephen Weatherill177
9.F̀air Play Please!': Recent Developments in the Application of EC Law to Sport / Stephen Weatherill201
10.Sport as Culture in EC Law / Stephen Weatherill245
11.Anti-Doping Rules and EC Law / Stephen Weatherill283
12.Is the Pyramid Compatible with EC Law? / Stephen Weatherill295
13.The Sale of Rights to Broadcast Sporting Events Under EC Law / Stephen Weatherill311
14.Anti-doping Revisited: The Demise of the Rule of ̀Purely Sporting Interest'? / Stephen Weatherill379
15.On Overlapping Legal Orders: What is the ̀Purely Sporting' Rule? / Stephen Weatherill401
16.The White Paper on Sport as an Exercise in ̀Better Regulation' / Stephen Weatherill425
17.The Influence of EU Law on Sports Governance / Stephen Weatherill443
18.Article 82 EC and Sporting ̀Conflict of Interest': The Judgment in MOTOE / Stephen Weatherill471
19.The Olivier Bernard Case: How, if at all, to Fix Compensation for Training Young Players? / Stephen Weatherill485
20.Bosman Changed Everything: The Rise of EC Sports Law / Stephen Weatherill497
21.EU Sports Law: The Effect of the Lisbon Treaty / Stephen Weatherill507
22.Fairness, Openness and the Specific Nature of Sport: Does the Lisbon Treaty Change EU Sports Law? / Stephen Weatherill527
23.Is There Such a Thing as EU Sports Law? / Stephen Weatherill543
24.Engaging with the EU in Order to Minimise Its Impact: Sport and the Negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon / Stephen Weatherill555

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 573 pages)
Series Asser international sports law series, 1874-6926
Asser international sports law series.
Contents Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 ... Where Lies the Interest in 'EU Sports Law'?; 1.2 ... The European Court of Justice Sets the Scene; 1.3 ... The Papers Contained in this Book; 1.4 ... Concluding Remarks; References; 2 Discrimination on Grounds of Nationality in Sport; 2.1 ... Introduction; 2.2 ... The Discriminatory Player Restrictions; 2.3 ... Is There a Breach of the Treaty?; 2.3.1 Sport and the Treaty of Rome; 2.3.2 Article 48 EEC; 2.3.2.1 Are the Rules Within the Scope of the Treaty?
2.3.2.2 Are the Treaty Rules Horizontally Directly Effective?2.3.2.3 Justification; 2.3.2.4 Discrimination Internal to a Single Member State; 2.3.3 Articles 85 and 86 EEC; 2.3.3.1 Are the Rules Within the Scope of the Treaty?; 2.3.3.2 Are the Treaty Rules Horizontally Directly Effective?; 2.3.3.3 Justification; 2.3.3.3.1 ... The Straightforward Application of Article 85(3); 2.3.3.3.2 ... The Straightforward Application of Article 85(3) Doubted; 2.3.3.3.3 ... Making a Special Case for Sport; 2.3.3.3.4 ... The Special Case for Sport: The Argument Redefined
2.3.3.4 Discrimination Internal to a Single Member State2.3.4 Conclusion; 2.4 ... Enforcement by the Commission; 2.4.1 Article 48; 2.4.2 Articles 85 and 86; 2.4.2.1 The Commission's Enforcement Powers; 2.4.2.2 Why has the Commission not Initiated Such Proceedings?; 2.4.3 Remedies Against the Commission; 2.5 ... Enforcement by Private Parties Before National Courts; 2.6 ... Concluding Remarks; 2.6.1 General; 2.6.2 The Overlap Between Article 48 and Article 85; 2.6.3 A Solution; 2.6.3.1 Demarcation at Community Level; 2.6.3.2 Accepting the Overlap; References; 3 European Football Law; 3.1 ... Introduction
3.2 ... Jean-Marc Bosman3.2.1 The Transfer System: The Road to Litigation; 3.2.2 Nationality Restrictions in Football; 3.2.3 Access to Justice in the Football Industry; 3.3 ... Jurisdictional Questions; 3.3.1 Is Sport Within the Scope of Application of Community Law?; 3.3.2 Application to Private Parties; 3.4 ... The Nationality Restrictions; 3.4.1 National Representative Football; 3.4.2 Club Football; 3.4.3 Residual Issues; 3.4.4 Adjusting Practices in the Football Industry; 3.5 ... The Transfer Rules; 3.5.1 The Basis of the Court's Objection to the System; 3.5.2 Players Still Under Contract
3.5.3 Adjustments in the Game3.6 ... The Scope of the Law of Free Movement; 3.7 ... Justification; 3.7.1 Law; 3.7.2 Application to Football; 3.7.3 Adjusting Football; 3.7.4 Fostering Competitive Equality; 3.7.5 Encouraging Young Players; 3.8 ... A Transfer System Within a Domestic League; 3.8.1 Reverse Discrimination; 3.8.2 Economic Pressures; 3.8.3 Legal Issues; 3.9 ... Conclusion; References; 4 Annotation [Bosman Case]; 4.1 ... Introduction; 4.2 ... The Factual Background; 4.2.1 The Structure of the Football Industry; 4.2.2 The Transfer Rules; 4.2.3 The Nationality Restrictions
Summary With Forewords by Maître Jean-Louis Dupont, Avocat, Belgium and Professor Richard Parrish, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK. European Sports Law: Collected Papers, Second Edition contains the collected works (1989-2012) of Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Community Law, Somerville College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, with an extensive introduction on the background and rationale for the selected papers. Stephen Weatherill is a leading academic and author on the subject of European Union law and professional sport. His work is of the highest academic standard and practice-oriented at the same time, which has a strong impact on major court cases and the development of international sports law in general. The updated Second Edition is a vademecum for those involved with international sport and the challenges European law and sport provide and is an indispensable tool for administrators, managers, researchers, academics, marketers, broadcasters, advisers and practitioners. The book appears in the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Dr. David McArdle, Prof. Ben Van Rompuy and Marco van der Harst LL. M
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 13, 2014)
Subject Sports -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Droit.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Sports -- Law and legislation
European Union.
Sport.
Soccer.
Athletes.
Nationality.
Competition.
Community law.
European Union countries
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