European Roots of the Lex Sportiva : how Europe rules global sport / Antoine Duval, Alexander Krüger, Johan Lindholm, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duval, Antoine, editor.

Tigerskin (Musician), editor.

Lindholm, Johan, editor.

Series:

Swedish studies in European law ; 18.

Swedish studies in European law ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional sports--Law and legislation.

Professional sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 318 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the complexity of the lex sportiva, the transnational legal regime governing international sports. It maps out the many entanglements of the transnational governance of sports with European legal processes and norms. The contributors trace the embeddedness of the lex sportiva within national law, European Union law, and the European Convention on Human Rights. While the volume emphasizes the capacity of sports governing bodies to leverage the resources of national law to spread the lex sportiva globally, it also points at the fact that European legal processes are central when challenging the status quo as illustrated recently in the Semenya and Superleague cases. Ultimately, the book is also a vantage point to start critically investigating the Eurocentricity and the complex materiality underpinning the lex sportiva.

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