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International Sports Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:42
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_396 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; International Rights | Target Audience: | Law; Juridical Science; Political Science; Business Management; Rehabilitation; Sociology; Sports Trainer | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Marina Kameņecka-Usova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to law, interest in sports. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The training course is intended for students to acquire a system of knowledge and to acquire general education and additional competences regarding the theoretical and practical aspects of sports law; their subject areas, methods, sources (fundamentals), principles and functions; implementation specifics, functioning and expression of sports rights; in the specified sphere of public (international, state, local government) interests, sports organizations (sports teams, sports federations) and other non-profit and commercial organizations; the provision of sports rights for the realization of the legitimate interests of citizens' associations in order to ensure and realize the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals in the field of sports in order to ensure the effective functioning and dynamic development of the sphere of sports activities and the sports industry. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to Sports law: the concept, essence, meaning and current state of Sports law; the nature of Sports law norms; sources and general principles of Sports law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | International Sports law and sports institutions: Law of the ancient Olympic Games; European law and sport; Olympic Charter; FIFA Laws and Regulations etc. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Legal responsibility in the field of sports. Offenses in sport. Ensuring the safety of sporting events: The nature of legal responsibility in sport, its types, grounds, measures, and procedural peculiarities of application; offences in sport: types and special aspects; crime in sports; special aspects of ensuring safety in sporting events. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Dispute resolution in Sports: Dispute resolution in international sport, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Fair trial in sport and the principle of equity in sports dispute resolution, Arbitration and Mediation for resolving sports disputes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Legal regulation of anti-doping in sport: The concept of doping in sport. The most important international anti-doping conventions. The system of anti-doping control in sport. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Legal aspects of regulation of sports policy in Latvia: Latvian Sports history; Sports policy planning documents (Sports Policy Guidelines for 2014-2020, The National Development Plan of Latvia for 2014-2020, Public Health Guidelines for 2011-2017, Youth Policy Guidelines for 2009-2018, Regional Policy Guidelines for 2013-2019), Latvian Sports Act (Sporta Likums); Latvian Sport institutions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to Sports law: the concept, essence, meaning and current state of Sports law; the nature of Sports law norms; sources and general principles of Sports law. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | International Sports law and sports institutions: Law of the ancient Olympic Games; European law and sport; Olympic Charter; FIFA Laws and Regulations etc. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Legal responsibility in the field of sports. Offenses in sport. Ensuring the safety of sporting events: The nature of legal responsibility in sport, its types, grounds, measures, and procedural peculiarities of application; offences in sport: types and special aspects; crime in sports; special aspects of ensuring safety in sporting events. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Dispute resolution in Sports: Dispute resolution in international sport, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Fair trial in sport and the principle of equity in sports dispute resolution, Arbitration and Mediation for resolving sports disputes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Legal regulation of anti-doping in sport: The concept of doping in sport. The most important international anti-doping conventions. The system of anti-doping control in sport. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Legal aspects of regulation of sports policy in Latvia: Latvian Sports history; Sports policy planning documents (Sports Policy Guidelines for 2014-2020, The National Development Plan of Latvia for 2014-2020, Public Health Guidelines for 2011-2017, Youth Policy Guidelines for 2009-2018, Regional Policy Guidelines for 2013-2019), Latvian Sports Act (Sporta Likums); Latvian Sport institutions. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students fulfill written tasks and prepare power point presentations. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final grade is formed based on the components as follows: • Assessment of written works/ presentations done at seminars: pass/ fail. Students who have passed tests in terms of all seminars may pass final examinations. • Examination – written questions to test the understanding of the course topics, test questions. • Active participation in lecture-related activities, expression of opinion and involvement in discussions will be noted and can have positive effect on the final assessment. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understanding of the essence of sports law and the structure of the system (as integrated law regulation, as a scientific direction and as a discipline), its subject area, methods, sources (basics), principles and functions, peculiarities of functioning, specificity of the realisation of sports rights; knowledge of the specifics of sports legal relations, its subjects, the general principles of regulation of public relations in the field of sport; knowledge of the principles of state and municipal management in the field of sport; understanding of the specifics of the main regulatory acts (Latvian and foreign) in this field; general notions of international sports law and Olympic law, understanding of the specifics of key documents in this field; knowledge of conflicts and disputes in the field of sport and how to solve them; knowledge of violations of rights in the field of sport, the provision of legality and security in sport, the fight against crime and violations of rights in sport; understanding the nature and legal forms of legal responsibility in the field of sport, its regulation and implementation specifics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The ability to analyse legal regulation and self-regulations in the field of sport in Latvia and abroad, as well as at international level; the ability to analyse the state of the regulatory provision in the field of sport as well as internal self-regulatory rules of organisations, other international documents; the ability to use the theoretical foundations of the legal regulation of sport in law enforcement activity; ability to use the terminology of special instruments of sports law, modern legal regulation of sport; the ability to work independently with the legislative and theoretical literature of sports law; the ability to generalise and analyse materials on specific situations related to sports violations; the ability to analyse disputes and conflicts in the field of sport (sports conflictology), including identification of the parties, detection and determination of the depth of conflict situation and latent peculiarities; the ability to engage in conflict as a mediator to negotiate with the parties involved in the conflict, to localise, overcome, resolve and slow down the conflict. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Knowledge of the methodology of legal analysis, lawfulness and utility issues in management, control and monitoring relations in the field of sport; research and expertise in drafting national regulatory enactments, internal regulations of self-regulatory organisations, national judicial and sports arbitration decisions, sports contracts, several standard versions of sports contracts (including comparable legal, legal linguistic, etc.); drawing up a simple security plan for a sports event; independent determination and formulation of an optimal legal position within the framework of simple standard cases in sports arbitration; independent decision making in the field of sports activities. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sport and the Law. H. Deborah, 4th ed. Sydney, NSW: University of New South Wales Press. 2009 | ||||||||
| 2 | Sports Law and Policy in the European Union. R. Parrish. Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press. 2003 | ||||||||
| 3 | Testing for Athlete Citizenship : Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport. Kathryn E. Henne Rutgers University Press. 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | McLaren Independent Investigation Report - Part I | ||||||||
| 5 | McLaren Independent Investigation Report - Part II | ||||||||
| 6 | Jurista vārds. 16/08/16 Nr. 33 (936) | ||||||||
| 7 | Sporta Likums// "Latvijas Vēstnesis", 165 (2740), 13.11.2002. | ||||||||
| 8 | Krimināllikums// Latvijas Republikas likums ar grozījumiem, Pieņemts Latvijas Republikas Saeimā 17.06.1998., stājies spēkā 01.04.1999. | ||||||||
| 9 | Latvijas Administratīvo pārkāpumu kodekss// "Ziņotājs", 51, 20.12.1984. | ||||||||
| 10 | Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. New York, 1958. (the "New York Convention") | ||||||||
| 11 | International Convention Against Doping in Sport, 2005 | ||||||||
| 12 | Kamenecka-Usova M. Legal Aspects of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sports Law. Doctoral Thesis. RSU | ||||||||
| 13 | Zalcmane K. Futbola fanu kriminogēnās izpausmes un to prevencija: Latvijas un ārvalstu pieredze. Promocijas darbs. RSU | ||||||||
| 14 | Kamenecka-Usova M. Good Governance in National Sports Organizations: The Need For The Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures. International Sports Law Review Pandektis. Volume 14, Issues 1-2, 2022. | ||||||||
| 15 | Zalcmane K., Kamenecka-Usova M. Whether sports liability is an independent type of legal liability? Scientific Journal Socrates, 2021, 2(20). | ||||||||
| 16 | Zalcmane K., Kamenecka-Usova M., Bičkovskis A. The Problematic Issues of Sports Law in Latvia: Compliance of Labour and Tax Legislations with the Needs of the Sports Industry from the Sustainable Development Perspective. European Journal of Sustainable Develoment Vol.10 No.3 291. Jan 10, 2021 | ||||||||
| 17 | Zalcmane K., Kamenecka-Usova M. The Cost of Policing Football Matches in Latvia. Proceedings of the 33rd International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA). Apr 10, 2019 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | The International Sports Law Journal | ||||||||
| 2 | The Entertainment and Sports Law Journal | ||||||||
| 3 | International Sports Law Review Pandektis (I.S.L.R. Pandektis) | ||||||||
| 4 | The e-Lex Sportiva Journal | ||||||||
| 5 | Kutafin University Law Review | ||||||||
| 6 | Reversing Field : Examining Commercialization, Labor, Gender, and Race in 21st Century Sports Law. Andre Douglas Pond Cummings. West Virginia University Press, 2012 | ||||||||
| 7 | Sports Justice : The Law and the Business of Sports. Abrams, R.I., Northeastern University Press, 2010 | ||||||||
| 8 | Спортивные споры и их разрешение. Теория и практика. Сергей Юрлов. Infotropic media, Москва, 2015 | ||||||||
| 9 | Разрешение футбольных споров. Михаил Прокопец, Денис Рогачев, Франс де Вегер. Статут, Москва, 2012 | ||||||||
| 10 | Eiropas Padome (Sports) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Starptautiska sporta tiesību asociācija | ||||||||
| 2 | Valsts Sporta medicīnas centrs (Latvijas nacionālā antidopinga organizācija jeb LAT-NADO) | ||||||||
| 3 | Pasaules antidopinga aģentūra | ||||||||
| 4 | Starptautiska Sporta šķīrējtiesa | ||||||||
