Sport, Law and International Diplomacy - LAWS3352

Description

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Course Objectives

• Understand the political nature of sport
• Develop an understanding of international systems of sports governance
• Develop a basic understanding of international law
• Understand the historical development of sport as a tool in international diplomacy
• Appreciate and understand the importance of international law in the context of global sport
• Understand the role of sport and sport law in various international movements such as the battle against Apartheid in South Africa; the debate in the USA whether to boycott the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games; the almost global boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and more recently the international battle over doping in sport - among many others.
• Appreciate the role of sport more generally in international diplomacy and the various laws and treaties that come into play.

Main Topics

• The geneses of international sporting organisations and the development of the governance of international sport
• Sport and law in the inter-war years (1918-1939) and during the era of appeasement with special consideration of moves in the USA to boycott the 1936 Berlin Olympics
• The boycott era. Law, sport and diplomacy during the Cold War Era (includes dealing with the problem of the Two Chinas, Two Germanies, Two Koreas and others)
• The Gleneagles Agreement and the battle against Apartheid in South Africa
• Human rights and anti-discrimination provisions in international treaties and how sporting organisations deal with them
• International treaties and the protection of sporting intellectual property
• International law and the politics of doping in sport
• The Court of Arbitration for Sport
• The European Union Constitution, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and Sport
• International environmental law and sport
• The Beijing Olympic Games, Law and International Diplomacy

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