The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance provides a definitive guide to the regulation of international and national sport through the lens of both regulatory, governance and legal frameworks.
Over the past several decades, law, regulation and governance associated with international and national sport has grown exponentially, aligned with professional and elite level sport development. The organisation and sophistication of international and national sporting competitions create an environment where pressures such as the sports ethic and strong incentives to win give rise to both novel problems and reoccurring themes. Exploring a wide range of perspectives across disciplines and transcending jurisdictional boundaries, the handbook analyses complex international and national sports challenges. Taking a nuanced approach to traditional themes, it recognises the context and sport as a regulatory domain when applying law and legal frameworks.
This book is an essential resource for students and academics exploring issues in international and national sports law, sports regulation and sports governance.
Edited by:
Annette Greenhow,
John Wolohan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 960g
ISBN: 9781032598970
ISBN 10: 1032598972
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: Sport in the 21st Century - A Complex, Evolving and Challenging Landscape by Annette Greenhow and John Wolohan PART I: Regulatory Models and Governance Systems 1. The IOC and Olympic Law: Scoping the Regulatory Space of the IOC 2. Sports governance and the rule of law 3. Who’s running the play? The role of the European Union in Sports Regulations 4. The NCAA Amateurism Model and its recent decline 5. Deterring Regulation Through the Threat of the Sportspocalypse 6. The regulation of sports agents 7. The Legal, Ethical, and Moral Questions Surrounding the Role of a League Commissioner PART II: Regulating Integrity and Governance Failures 8. Sport Corruption 9. Regulating Doping: The USADA Model 10. When ‘Legally good Enough” is not Enough: Non-Disclosure Agreements and the Hockey Canada Governance Crisis 11. Governing Sports Federations: Debates in Japan and their International Dimensions 12. Sports Gambling PART III: Regulating Sport Equity, Access and Safety 13. An Analysis of the Equal Pay Debates in Women’s Football 14. Gender, Sport Regulation and Law 15. Anti-racism regulatory framework in international sport governance bodies 16. Safeguarding vulnerable participants in sport 17. Regulating dangerous sports 18. Club doctors and concussion injury management: A cross-jurisdictional review of conflicts of interest in professional football PART IV: Regulating Disputes 19. Judicial precedent and Lex Sportiva: In search of harmonisation, consistency and legal certainty 20. The Regulatory Space of Arbitration in Baseball 21. Applicable law for football disputes in the Court of Arbitration for Sport and a Review of Chinese Football cases 22. Sports Law in New Zealand – A central role in the Nation’s Economy and Regulation Conclusion: Future Directions
Annette Greenhow is a legal academic from the Faculty of Law, Bond University. Since 2010, Annette has researched the area of sports-related concussion, examining the regulatory, governance and policy-making roles of state and non-state actors. Annette holds a PhD from Monash University investigating the regulation of concussion in Australian sport, a Master of Laws (Bond) and Bachelor of Laws (QUT). As an Australian legal practitioner, Annette held senior management positions in small, medium and large firms over an extensive legal practice career. She is a Committee Member of the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association Inc. and Editor of the Bond University Sports Law and Governance Journal. John Wolohan is a professor of Sports Law in the Syracuse University Falk College of Sport and a Professor of Law by courtesy appointment in the College of Law at Syracuse University. Professor Wolohan has been teaching and working in the fields of sports law, gaming law and sports media rights for over 25 years. In addition to making numerous national and international presentations, Professor Wolohan has edited and authored several books on sports-related topics.
