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Olympics and International Sports Law Research Guide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2012

Abstract

The Olympic Games are the world's most recognised international sporting event alongside the FIFA World Cup. Started in ancient Greece, the Olympic Games were revived in modern times in 1896 and occur every four years. This article, by Esther Cho, discusses how to research the structure and legal aspects of the Olympic Movement. It also encompasses the general array of international sports law resources connected to the Olympic Movement.

Type
Sports Law
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2012. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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Footnotes

8 Court of Arbitration for Sport, http://www.tas-cas.org/

9 International Olympic Committee, http://www.olympic.org/ioc

13 IOC Sport and Law Commission, http://www.olympic.org/sport-law-commission

14 IOC TV Rights and New Media Commission, http://www.olympic.org/tv-rights-new-media-commission

22 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, http://www.olympic.org/ioc-governance-organising-committees

23 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, http://www.london2012.com/

24 Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, http://sochi2014.com/en/

25 Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, http://www.rio2016.com/en/home

26 Court of Arbitration for Sport, http://www.tas-cas.org/

27 Code of Sports-Related Arbitration, http://www.tas-cas.org/statutes

38 Australian Sports Drug Agency, http://www.asada.gov.au/

39 European Commission – Sport, http://ec.europa.eu/sport/what-we-do/doping_en.htm

40 Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur, http://www.nada-bonn.de/

41 UK Anti-Doping in Sport, http://www.ukad.org.uk/

42 United States Anti-Doping Agency, http://www.usantidoping.org/

44 Council of Europe, http://www.coe.int/

45 Cape Town Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sport, http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/capetowndeclaration.pdf

47 International Convention Against Doping in Sport, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001425/142594m.pdf#page=2

48 Parties to the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, http://www.unesco.org/eri/la/convention.asp?KO=31037&language=E&order=alpha

51 International Centre for Olympic Studies, http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/

52 The Olympic Studies Centre, http://www.olympic.org/olympic-studies-centre