Description:
The International and Comparative Sports Law course explores contemporary legal issues in intercollegiate and professional sports. It examines federative, contract, disciplinary and labor law issues. A portion of the course will be devoted to the dispute resolution mechanisms in sports law, with special reference to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In addition specific mention will be also made to the regulation of sport agents and to doping matters. This course provides an introduction to the concepts, institutions and general principles of sports law worldwide.
Faculty:
Jordi López has a Law Degree from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1998). Master in Company Law from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999). Partner and Board Member at the law firm Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle in Barcelona. Practicing lawyer in the firm since 1998. Department of Corporate & Sports Law. Arbitrator at Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona since 2007. Ad hoc clerk at Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with seat in Lausanne (Switzerland) from 2004. Member of Club Español del Arbitraje and of the Corporate Team at Pannone Law Group. Lecturer in sports law and commercial law at ISDE and former lecturer in contract law at Fomento del Trabajo and Barcelona Activa. Author of several articles in the area of sports law, among others, Maintenance of contractual stability in the world of football. Special reference to the case “Webster”. Sports Law Research Center of Xi’an. University of Physical Education, P.R. of China, Shangai Sports Bureau, 2008, and Legal Regulation of Sports Betting in Spain and its History. The International Sports Law Journal, 2009/34.