Regulating international sport power, authority, and legitimacy / / by Lloyd Freeburn.

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’ regulat...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill/Nijhoff,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Fundamental Aspects of Regulatory Power in International Sport
  • The Contractual Authority of Sports Governing Bodies – The Real and the Fictional
  • The De Facto Power of Sports Governing Bodies
  • The Extent and Function of Consent in the De Facto Power of Sports Governing Bodies
  • The De Facto Jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • Individual Liberty and De Facto Power
  • Legitimacy and the Justification of the Regulatory Power of International Sports Governing Bodies
  • Conferring Legality on the Regulation of International Sport – the Need for an International Treaty
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.