International Sports Law. Olympic (Paralympic) Law

Master 2019/2020

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Elective course (Sports Law)

Area of studies: Law

Delivered by: School of Theory of Law and Comparative Law

Where: Faculty of Law

When: 1 year, 3, 4 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Instructors: Базыкин Александр Евгеньевич

Master’s programme: Lawyer in the Field of Sport

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 64

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course pays special attention to the basic issues of international sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law from both theoretical and practical viewpoint. The main aim of the course is to provide students with general knowledge of the basic issues of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law from both theoretical and applied viewpoint. The students will learn basic rules of International Sports law. The course will cover theoretical discussion that provides the essential background for legislation. The students will see what ideas formed the basis of Olympic (Paralympic) Law. The structure of the course is based on traditional syllabus for Russian students. It includes discussion of basic concepts. One of the central topics of the course is sources, principles, subjects of International Sports law, Olympic (Paralympic) Law.

Learning Objectives

After successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - know main issues of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law concepts; - understand main issues of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law; - analyze national and international approaches to the regulation of particular sports and Olympic (Paralympic) law issues; - acquire skills necessary for drafting legal papers concerning international sports and Olympic (Paralympic) law issues.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students must gain knowledge on: - the distinctive features of International Sports Law and Olympic (Paralympic) law; - the system of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law; - the main characteristics of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law; - the most significant decisions of the World Anti-doping Agency; - the peculiarities of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law Legal Sources;
Students must gain skills and abilities: - to read academic works about Sports law and to summarize their content accurately; - to find legal judicial and governmental resources in English accessible through the Internet; - to analyze basic concepts of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law; - to analyze principles of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law their application in practice; - to analyze International sports law context;
Students should gain the following competences: - to correctly use the legal terminology and understand legal concepts; - to analyze critically the academic literature and other sources for legal research in the area of the International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law - to work with information (search, evaluate, use information, necessary for fulfilment of scientific and professional tasks, from various sources, including application of the systematic approach);
Students should gain the following competences: - to carry out professional activities in the international environment; - to search for and analyze legally relevant information by using the juridical, comparative and other specific methods, - to describe legal problems and situations in the field of International sports law and Olympic (Paralympic) law;

Course Contents

International Sports Law International sports law: concept and development
Lex Spotriva
Special principles of international sports law
Sources of International sports law
Sources of International sports law. Hierarchy of legal rules (norms) in International sports law system. Legislation and other normative acts as the sources of law. Soft Law
Subjects of International sports law
Collisions between the national sources of law and International sports law. Debates on the role of the decisions of Court of Arbitration for Sport. Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on sportsmen
The process of regulation of international sports relations
Bodies of the universal level of the United Nations Organization
Specialized agencies and programs of the United Nations Organization
Preventing violence and hooligan behavior of spectators and fans
Environmental protection when organizing international sports competitions
Economic crimes in international sports
II.Olympic Law Olympic movement as a component of the international sport movement
History of Olympic Movement
Basic provisions of Olympic Law
Subjects of Olympic Law
International Olympic Committee
Corporate norms elaborated by the International Olympic Committee. Legal basis of organizing and conducting competitions
Countering doping
Settling sport disputes in Olympic context
Protection of property rights with regard to television and radio broadcasts of international sports competitions. The use of Olympic symbols
III. Paralympic Law History of Paralympic movement. Principles of Paralympic movement and Paralympic Games
System of Paralympic governance on national and international level.
The fundamental principles of Paralympic movement.
the International Paralympic Committee
Eligibility criteria and athletes classification.
Performance enhancement regulation in Paralympic context: doping; medicine; equipment; new technologies
Human rights in Paralympic context
Disputes in Paralympic context
Ways of resolving sports disputes through arbitration and appeal proceedings in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
Judicial proceedings in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

Assessment Elements

ClassWork
Essay
Exam
Экзамен проводится в устной форме (опрос по материалам курса). Экзамен проводится на платформе Zoom (https://zoom.us). К экзамену необходимо подключаться в порядке ответов конкретного студента. Порядок ответов определяется внутри группы самостоятельно. Компьютер студента должен удовлетворять требованиям: наличие рабочей камеры и микрофона, поддержка Zoom. Для участия в экзамене студент обязан: поставить на аватар свою фотографию, явиться на экзамен согласно точному расписанию, при ответе включить камеру и микрофон. Во время экзамена студентам запрещено: выключать камеру, пользоваться конспектами и подсказками. Кратковременным нарушением связи во время экзамена считается нарушение связи менее минуты. Долговременным нарушением связи во время экзамена считается нарушение минута и более. При долговременном нарушении связи студент не может продолжить участие в экзамене.

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (4 module)
0.4 * ClassWork + 0.2 * Essay + 0.4 * Exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Wojciech B. Cieśliński, & Igor Perechuda. (2015). Profit and Nonprofit Sports Clubs: Financial and Organizational Comparison in Poland. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1108842

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Bailey, S. (2008). Athlete First : A History of the Paralympic Movement. Chichester, England: Wiley-Interscience. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=231938
Gauthier, R. (2017). The International Olympic Committee, Law, and Accountability. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1441275
Internationalism in the olympic movement : idea and reality between nations, cultures and people / Holger Preuss, ... (eds.). (2011). Wiesbaden: VS Verl. für Sozialwissenschaften. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.349450803

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