Sports Law and Policy in the European Union

The increasing commercialization of sport raises important questions concerning regulation. The development of the European Union and the internationalization of sporting competition has added an international dimension to this debate. Yet sport is not only a business, it is a social and cultural activity. Can regulation at the EU level reconcile this tension? Adopting a distinctive legal and political analysis, this book argues that the EU is receptive to the claim of sport for special treatment before the law. The book investigates the birth of EU sports law and policy by examining the impact of the Bosman ruling and other important European Court of Justice decisions, the relationship between sport and EU competition law, focusing particularly on the broadcasting of sport, the organization of sport and the international transfer system, and the relationship between sport and the EU Treaty, focusing in particular on the impact of the Amsterdam and Nice declarations on Sport and the significance of the Helsinki Report on Sport. This text should be of use to those interested in sports law, the politics of sport and EU integration. It offers insights into this debate and raises key questions concerning the appropriate theoretical tools for analysing European integration.

ISBN 0719066077   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780719066078 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 490 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Paperback   Series title European Policy Research Unit Publication date 31 Jul 2003   Height (mm) 234 Non-book description book   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress KJE6063   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 344.4099   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

1		The birth of EU sports law and policy
2		Towards a theory of EU sports law and policy
3		The sports policy subsystem
4		Sport and the European Court of Justuce
5		Sport and competition law
6		Reconciling law and sport
7		The future of EU sports law and policy

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