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Foreword by Professor | |
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List of Acronyms | |
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Introduction | |
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Law and the Olympic Games | |
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Law in the Olympic Games in Antiquity | |
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Law in the Olympic Games of the modem era | |
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From the early scarcity of rules to the Olympic Charter | |
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The difficulty of integrating 'Olympic law' with 'state laws' | |
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The nature of the formal submission of a state to 'Olympic Law' on being a candidate to organise the Olympic Games | |
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The incorporation or assimilation of 'Olympic Law' in national state legislation: The case of Portuguese legislation | |
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Community law as a source of 'Olympic Law' | |
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Acts of secondary legislation and soft law instruments | |
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Case law of the Community courts and the Commission's decision-making practice in the area of competition law | |
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Legal and Institutional Aspects of the Olympic Movement | |
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The Olympic Movement: Definition, composition and general organisation | |
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The three principal constituents of the Olympic Movement | |
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The International Olympic Committee | |
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Mission and role of the IOC | |
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The legal nature of the IOC | |
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Members of the IOC | |
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The National Olympic Committees | |
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Mission and role of the NOCs | |
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Members | |
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The legal nature of NOCs | |
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Country and name of an NOC | |
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The International Sports Federations | |
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Recognition of IFs | |
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Mission and role of the IFs in the OM | |
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Technical responsibility of IFs at the Olympic Games | |
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Legal nature of the IFs | |
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The 'satellite organisations' of the Olympic Movement | |
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The World Anti-Doping Agency | |
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The International Olympic Academy | |
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport | |
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The International Paralympic Committee | |
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The Organising Committees of the Olympic Games | |
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The Olympic Congress | |
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The IOC Commissions | |
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The International Olympic Truce Foundation and the International Olympic Truce Centre | |
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The organs of the Olympic Movement | |
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The Session | |
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The Executive Board | |
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The President | |
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Legal Problems of the Contemporary Olympic Movement | |
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Eligibility criteria | |
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Amateurism versus professionalism | |
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Competitors' nationalities | |
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Minimum age limits | |
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The participation of women | |
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The participation of transsexuals in the Olympic Games | |
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Dual participation in the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games | |
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The legal protection of 'Olympic properties' | |
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Protection of the environment | |
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Advertising | |
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Freedom of expression | |
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Media coverage of the Olympic Games | |
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Propaganda versus the freedom of expression | |
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games by National Olympic Committees | |
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Conclusion | |
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Selected writings | |
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Basic documents | |
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Olympic Charter | |
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IOC Code of Ethics | |
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Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol | |
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United Nations, General Assembly, Resolution on the Olympic Truce | |
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Appendix | |
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The Legal Regime for a Permanent Olympic Site? | |
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International and National Legislation and Sport Regulations | |
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Table of Cases | |
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Subject Index | |
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Index on Organisations | |