sports law: some introductory considerations

Sports Law: Some Introductory Considerations

With the rise of importance of sport as a social phenomenon in recent decades, more public attention has been paid to the issue of the legal nature of the rules governing social relations in sports. The issue raised above are only a part of a much broader topic that involves questions of relations of a classical Westphalian state and changes in the international community as well as issues of t...

What is Sports Law? Some Introductory Remarks and Suggested Parameters for a Growing Phenomenon

While the term sports law has been used as a catch-all phrase to describe the increasing number of sports-related disputes being submitted to the courts for resolution, no substantive defmition of this phenomenon has been forthcoming. This paper suggests categorical parameters for the field through a descriptive case analysis of four types of sports disputes frequently litigated: traditional ne...

Some Medical Considerations of Sports and Games

Natural Law and the Law of Nations: Some Theoretical Considerations

I will argue here that the law of nations, the jus gentium, in fact lies at the heart of many crucial modern social and political issues. NATURAL LAW AND THE LAW OF NATIONS: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS James V Schall, S.J. * Adjus gentium pertinent ea quae derivantur ex lege naturae sicut conclusiones ex principiis, ut justae emptiones, venditiones, et alia hujusmodi, sine quibus homines ad...

Ethics in sports medicine--some medico-legal considerations.

A medical practitioner who is only registered with the General Medical Council is, by virtue of that registration only entitled legally to practise in the United Kingdom. This registration does not entitle him to practise anywhere else in the world unless he has made the necessary arrangements in advance with the appropriate authorities in the host country. This is equally true if he treats Uni...

The law of initial values: some further considerations.

Several methodological issues pertaining to the "law of initial values" (LIV) are explored. It is indicated that change scores, not final levels, are the appropriate measure for testing if the LIV applies, and that normalization of data is unnecessary. Heart-rate responses of infants to pacification were found to adhere to the law despite the inverse nature of the stimulus, suggesting the impor...