Prof Mark James

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...

🚨 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...

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...

🚨 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...

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 Sports Law Journal | Mark James It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the 25th Volume of the International Sports Law Journal: https://lnkd.in/eEETgiaX. The origins of the ISLJ can be traced back to the Asser I...

More information on the ISLJ can be found here: www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-j... and a copy of Vol1(1) here: www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-j... #sportslaw

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 ...

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...

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

Thanks @shubhamjain224.bsky.social . Looking forward to reading the judgment!

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...

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

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/...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

YouTube video by Manchester Met Business and Law LLM International Sports Law and Governance

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

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.

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

The American Medical Association has a youtube page; they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC isn't allowed to.

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 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

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...

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...

🚨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...

I've driven much of that route - it's spectacular!

That's one hell of an opening stage!

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 ...

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