Leading Cases in Sports Law

Part I. The Emergence of Sports Law

1.
Abbot v Weekly (1665) 83 ER 357; 1 Lev 176
Jack Anderson

2.
Federal League Baseball Club of Baltimore v National League et al. 259 US 200 (1922)
Roger I. Abrams

3. Case C-36/74 Walrave and Koch [1974] ECR 1405
Richard Parrish

4. CAS 92/A/63 GUNDEL v FEI

Ian S. Blackshaw

Part II. Player Mobility Versus Contractual Stability

5.
Eastham v Newcastle United FC Ltd [1964] Ch 413
Simon Boyes

6.
From Bosman to Bernard C-415/93; [1995] ECR I-4921 to C-325/08; [2010] ECR I-2177
Stefaan Bogaert

Part III. When the Private Business of Sport Becomes the Public Business of Law

7.
Finnigan v NZRFU (1985)
Chris Davies

8.
R. v. Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club ex p. the Aga Khan [1993] 1 WLR 909
Michael Beloff

9. Case C-519/04 P Meca-Medina [2006] ECR I-6991
Stephen Weatherill

Part IV. Doping and the Spirit of Sports Law

10.
Modahl v British Athletic Federation (1994–2001)
Hazel Hartley

11. CAS 98/211 B v FINA

Neville Cox

12. CAS 2004/O/645 USADA v Montgomery

John O’Leary

13. CAS 2009/A/1912–1913 Pechstein v International Skating Union

David McArdle

Part V. Contemporary Issues in Sports Law

14. CAS 2008/A/1480 Pistorius v IAAF

Steve Cornelius

15.
American Needle Inc v NFL 130 S Ct 2201 (2010)
Matthew J. Mitten

16. Cases T-385/07, T-55/08 and T68/08 FIFA and UEFA v Commission

Katrien Lefever, An Vermeersch

17. Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08 FA Premier League Ltd and Others v QC Leisure and Others; and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, 4 Oct 2011
Johan Lindholm, Anastasios Kaburakis

18.
R v Amir & Butt [2011] EWCA Civ 2914
Simon Gardiner

Part VI. Enduring Themes in Sports Law

19. Football and Crowds: Gough and Smith v Chief Constable of Derbyshire [2002] QB 1213
Geoff Pearson

20. Player Violence and Compensation for Injury: R v Barnes [2005] 1 Cr App Rep 507
Mark James

21. Animal Welfare and Blood Sports: R (Countryside Alliance) v Attorney General [2008] 1 AC 719
Laura Donnellan

22. Gender and Equality: Sagen v VANOC [2009] BCCA 522
Hilary A. Findlay

Keywords: Law, International Sports Law