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Author Freeburn, Lloyd, author

Title Regulating international sport : power, authority and legitimacy / by Lloyd Freeburn
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2018]

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Description ix, 277 pages ; 25 cm
Summary In a fresh and original account, Lloyd Freeburn challenges the conventional conception of contracts as the consent-based legal foundation of international sports law. The prevailing legal orthodoxy is shown to be untenable, failing to explain or justify international sports governing bodies' regulatory power or their control over the livelihoods and liberty of participants in sport. The non-consensual jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport is similarly tainted. 0But this significant challenge is not made simply to undermine international sport's regulatory regime. A sound legal foundation for regulatory authority in sport is both desirable and necessary. Consequently, effective reform is urgently required to support the regime's legality and to give it legitimacy by resolving the regime's democratic deficit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sports -- Law and legislation.
Professional sports -- Law and legislation.
Athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
LC no. 2018028805
ISBN 9789004379787 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9004379789 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)