The Court of Arbitration for Sport

With a foreword by Luiz Roberto Martins Castro, President Brazilian National Sports Law Institute


The Court of Arbitration for Sport has come a long way since the idea of establishing it was first mentioned by Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former IOC President, who foresaw the need for a specialised body to resolve sporting disputes outside the normal court system. His aim was for CAS to become the supreme court of world sport; an aim which, this book demonstrates, has been largely fulfilled.


It has, in the words of the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a landmark judgement of 27 May 2003, 'built up the trust of the sporting world [and is] … now widely recognised … [as] … one of the principal mainstays of organised sport.'


This 'jubilee' book - after twenty years of operations - charts the history, including significant milestones, and achievements of the CAS.

• Arbitration
• Arbritration
• Court of Arbitration for Sport
• Dispute Resolution
• International Sports law
• Mediation
• Tribunal Arbitral du Sport

• ourt of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland

  I. S. Blackshaw

• . M. C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands

  Janwillem Soek

• .M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands

  Robert C. R. Siekmann

Policies and ethics