🚨 New article by @prof-mark-james.bsky.social and Guy Osborn: "Defining the Olympic legal framework and the IOC’s lawmaking capability: lex Olympica, Olympic law, and their relationships with lex sportiva and sports law" in the International Sports Law Journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Defining the olympic legal framework and the IOC’s lawmaking capability: lex Olympica, Olympic law and their relationships with lex sportiva and sports law - The International Sports Law Journal

The Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the legal framework that regulates them, have long been the subject of multidisciplinary scrutiny. Despite significant academic critiq...

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🚨 New Book Alert! 🌍📘 Ash Murphy’s Climate Change at the UN Security Council: Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States is out now with Routledge (2025). A vital read on climate, security & small island states. Available here: www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...

Climate Change at the UN Security Council: Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States

This book examines the operation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to better understand the motivating factors that underpin its activation of Article 39. Arguing that climate change shoul...

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Coming soon at @thesohopoly.bsky.social this brilliant new play Outside Voice 1-5 July, tickets available here sohopoly.co.uk/events/outsi... PLEASE RT!

#ECJ #AG Emiliou: #Sports governing bodies cannot freely self-regulate when their rules have a significant impact on areas covered by #EUlaw #football 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world. To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️

NEW from #HRW: Interactive feature cataloguing 100 human rights harms in Trump administration's first 100 days. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...

Which swear words do Britons find the most offensive? C*nt: 82% say very or fairly offensive Motherf*cker: 70% Fatherf*cker: 62% B*tch: 55% F*ck: 53% W*nker: 53% B*stard: 45% P*ssy: 44% Pr*ck: 42% Tw*t: 40% A*sehole: 39% D*ckhead: 39% Son of b*tch: 36% C*ck: 34% Full list in the chart 👇

Call for Papers for the International Sports Law Journal Conference 2025. The Conference will review the first 25 years of the WADA Code & look to where it may go next. More details available here: www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl... Hope to see you in The Hague on 6 & 7 November #sportslaw

The International #SportsLaw Journal is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. The new issue is available here: link.springer.com/journal/4031... with a brief history of the ISLJ here: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... The ISLJ archive of volumes 2-12 is here: www.asser.nl/sportslaw/pu...

The International Sports Law Journal

The International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ) is a quarterly (four issues per annum) peer-reviewed journal in the emerging specialty area of international ...

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Human rights issues in sports governance have threatened the core values of sport. Featuring experts' discussion, together with the @sportandrights.bsky.social, we will discuss contemporary #sports governance and find ways to address its #HumanRights challenges.

New publication! 🎉 Dr James Brown has published an online annual review for LawInSport titled ‘Sport, Safety and Participation - Annual Review 2024/25’. The article is available here: www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/.... #SportsLaw

New paper from @guyosborn.bsky.social & me in the Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie: "Law 3.0: Technology and Law in the Entertainment Industry – The Case of Ticket Touting." Available at: doi.org/10.1515/zfrs... #sportslaw

Law 3.0: Technology and Law in the Entertainment Industry – The Case of Ticket Touting

This article examines the evolution of the law’s attempts to regulate technological advancements in the entertainment industry in general, and the sale and resale of event tickets in particular. Drawi...

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Important new #Sportslaw paper on #CAS by my colleague Johan Lindholm from @umeauniversitet.bsky.social. It highlights the influence of experienced arbitrators on CAS awards & the advantage of SGBs in identifying & selecting them. It's available open access at academic.oup.com/arbitration/...

New #sportslaw article on the International Sports Law Journal: A systematic literature review of esports integrity, by Erika Riedl & Pim Verschuuren: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK - The International Sports Law Journal

This article considers interpersonal violence committed by coaches towards athletes, scrutinising responses by sports national governing bodies (NGBs) in Finland and the UK. We take a wide view of the...

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New #sportslaw article on the International Sports Law Journal: Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK, by Antti Aine, Eleanor Drywood & Jatta Muhonen: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK - The International Sports Law Journal

This article considers interpersonal violence committed by coaches towards athletes, scrutinising responses by sports national governing bodies (NGBs) in Finland and the UK. We take a wide view of the...

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Great to see that the new Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance is now out, including my chapter, The IOC and Olympic Law: Scoping the Regulatory Space of the IOC: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... Thanks to Annette Greenhow & John Wolohan for pulling it all together! #sportslaw

The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance

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 framewor...

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More info on our new LLM International Sports Law & Governance @mmulawresearch.bsky.social: Video: youtu.be/apKjgtTtOZ8?... Info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr... Open Days: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/open-d... #sportslaw

LLM International Sports Law and Governance

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This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden

Copyright infringement is not my legal forte. But if there is any way of taking legal action against Meta for benefiting from the theft of my intellectual property, I am absolutely going to do so.

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Meta considered licensing books to train AI—but opted instead to pirate LibGen, a database that currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner writes.

CJEU, sports law/consumer law New judgment: contract to train minor in sports falls within scope of unfair contract terms directive - CJEU indicates what aspects might (or might not) be considered unfair - Full text - curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/... Press release curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

This from @JulesBoykoff is well worth a read on what the next IOC President should be focusing on when they take office... #sportslaw

Jules Boykoff@julesboykoff.bsky.social · last yr.

Ahead of tomorrow's presidential election at the International Olympic Committee, read my new article in the International Sports Law Journal, "The Olympics in Crisis: Challenges, Reforms, & the Path Forward" TY @prof-mark-james.bsky.social @antoineduval.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

Submit your abstracts for the upcoming 2025 CLEER conference on how evolving institutional dynamics are challenging the EU's foreign policy. 🚨 Deadline: 30 April 2025 Read the full call

Liverpool fans affected by the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Paris have the right to have their personal injury claims heard in the UK, a judge has ruled after an attempt by Uefa to block it. By @robynvinter.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Liverpool fans to have 2022 Champions League final injury claims heard in UK

Judge rules in favour of football supporters after Uefa’s attempt to block court claims being held in Liverpool

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🚨New publication from Manchester Law School Staff: @prof-mark-james.bsky.social and Sarah Carrick have both contributed chapters to The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance. More info here: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance

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 framewor...

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Really interesting new article in the International Sports Law Journal: Balancing the benefits and risks of traditional medicine in sports: a study of anti-doping controls and compliance by Sheik Inan Ul Mansoor. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... #sportslaw

Balancing the benefits and risks of traditional medicine in sports: a study of anti-doping controls and compliance - The International Sports Law Journal

The use of traditional medicine is regarded therapeutically desirable but the integration with sport raises issues of performance improvement as well as drug adulteration. WADA governs the substances ...

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New article in the International Sports Law Journal by @julesboykoff.bsky.social: "The Olympics in crisis: challenges, reforms, and the path forward" was the keynote lecture at our annual conference last year & explores the crises facing the Olympics. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Olympics in crisis: challenges, reforms, and the path forward - The International Sports Law Journal

The Olympic Games are a massive sport and marketing event that create significant revenues for the International Olympic Committee. The Olympics are a platform for the world’s most accomplished athlet...

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Ahead of today's men's England v Afghanistan match in the ICC Champions Trophy our Education & Policy Researcher @shubhamjain224.bsky.social shared on Sky Sports perspectives on what more the cricket ecosystem can do to further support Afghanistan’s female cricketers 🎥 Full clip bit.ly/3Qyxntk 🧵1/2

Afghanistan women support England's non-boycott of men's Champions Trophy fixture

► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports: https://bit.ly/BuySkySports Women in Afghanistan have been banned from sports since Taliban regained control in 2021; exiled women's cricketer Firooza Amiri tells Sky Sports News that an England boycott of the men's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan "doesn't have any impact". #skysportsnews #skysportscricket #afghanistan ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage Women in Afghanistan have been banned from sports since Taliban regained control in 2021; exiled women's cricketer Firooza Amiri tells Sky Sports News that an England boycott of the men's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan "doesn't have any impact".

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Do you have insights, research, or ideas to shape the future of sport?💡 Play the Game 2025 invites researchers, journalists & athletes to contribute and join the debate on governance, policy & integrity in sport🗨 📢 Submit your abstract now!👇 🔗 www.playthegame.org/conferences/... #ptg2025

Call for papers and other contributions

Play the Game invites academics, journalists, athlete representatives, sports officials, supporter groups, and other stakeholders in sport to contribute their research, knowledge, and experiences at P...

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Check out my blog @verfassungsblog.de engaging with AG Ćapeta's Opinion in the #Seraing case & its implications for the #CAS. I share the AG's view on the specificities of CAS #arbitration, but think its supervision by the #CJEU should take the form of a transnational #Solange. #EUlaw #Sportslaw

Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · last yr.

AG Ćapeta in the Seraing case would deprive CAS arbitration awards of their res judicata. ANTOINE DUVAL proposes a less disruptive approach, conditioning the award on their compliance with European public policy and fundamental due process rights: verfassungsblog.de/the-court-of...