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| Feature | No.64 June 2013 |

Introduction
Kari Keskinen

During recent years, sports law has come into focus due to various cases, especially in doping and manipulation of sport, which have attracted a lot of publicity and media attention. The newly published Directory of Sport Science states that Sports Law is a relatively young sub-discipline, even though it has a much longer and stronger history in the activities of academics and attorneys, especially in the United States of America. Indeed, Sports Law is young as a sub-discipline no matter if it is considered from domestic, national, regional or international perspective but Sports Law is also young as a science. However, its practical meaning has become and is becoming stronger and stronger as juridification of sport continues. The major determinant in most cases is economical, while financial benefits linked with elite and top sports have become enormous influences, world-wide.

The Special Feature of this ICSSPE Bulletin includes six articles which highlight Sports Law in both national and international perspectives. The paper from Dimitrios P. Panaiotopoulos deals with Aspects of Sports Law and Lex Sportiva, while J. Tyrone Marcus writes, respectively, about Sports Law as A New Family Member and Lauri Tarasti highlights his long Personal Experiences in International Sports Law. Mike Townley’s discussion focuses on the role of Arbitration in Sport, describing it as the real legacy of Lance Armstrong. Bárbara Schausteck de Almeida and Wanderley Marchi Júnior describe Olympic sport in Brazil with a special reference to the institutionalisation of power through law. And finally, Ján Junger and Marcel Nemec share us with information on the organisation of sporting events in the context of current legislation in Slovakia.

Even though each paper is an individual presentation and should be read independently, there is a common message: the papers let us develop an understanding of legal principles, doctrines and statutes which have been applied to sport and sporting exceptions. It is hoped that we can all learn about the diversity of relevant cases in Sports Law in different contexts and about implications of the legal principles and cases in both organisational and professional contexts. Please, enjoy reading!

Editors
Kari L. Keskinen & Lauri Tarasti

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