This open access book explores the complexity of the lex sportiva, the transnational legal regime governing international sports.

Pioneering in its approach, it maps out the many entanglements of the transnational governance of sports with European legal processes and norms. The contributors trace the embeddedness of the lex sportiva within national law, European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights. While the volume emphasizes the capacity of sports governing bodies to leverage the resources of national law to spread the lex sportiva globally, it also points at the fact that European legal processes are central when challenging the status quo as illustrated recently in the Semenya and Superleague cases. Ultimately, the book is also a vantage point to start critically investigating the Eurocentricity and the complex materiality underpinning the lex sportiva.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swedish Studies Network.

The volume explores the impact of European law, including EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights, on transnational sports law.

About the Author

Antoine Duval is Senior Researcher at the TMC Asser Instituut, the Netherlands.
Alexander Kruger is Legal Researcher at Umea University, Sweden.
Johan Lindholm is Professor of Law at Umea University, Sweden.

Book Information
ISBN 9781509971480
Author Antoine Duval
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC