Overview
- Represents a detailed analysis of the compliance of rules governing athletes' eligibility in national teams with EU law
- Offers arguments for athletes willing to challenge international sporting governing bodies' rules determining sporting nationality before their bodies or courts
- Presents concrete recommendations for international sporting governing bodies on how to adjust their rules to EU law requirements
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This book strikes a balance between international sporting governing bodies’ interests and values enshrined in rules regarding sporting nationality on one hand, and athletes’ rights under EU law on the other. It argues that some rules governing athletes’ eligibility in national teams in their current form, notably certain waiting periods, quotas for naturalised athletes or athletes having previously played for another country, and rules prohibiting the change of sporting nationality, constitute a disproportionate restriction on athletes’ rights under EU citizenship, free movement of persons, competition law or fundamental rights. Accordingly, the book subsequently presents concrete recommendations for international sporting governing bodies on how to reconcile their interests and values with the rights that athletes enjoy under EU law. As such, it offers an essential guide for these bodies and their representatives, as well as for athletes, academics and practitioners in the fields oflaw and sports.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jan Exner is Lawyer for the Czech Olympic Committee, Lecturer and Ph. D. Researcher in EU and sports law at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, Member of the Audit Committee of Fédération Internationale de Natation and Member of the Doping Hearing Panel of the International Orienteering Federation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sporting Nationality in the Context of European Union Law
Book Subtitle: Seeking a Balance between Sporting Bodies’ Interests and Athletes’ Rights
Authors: Jan Exner
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10807-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10806-9Published: 07 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10807-6Published: 29 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-855X
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8568
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 99
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Sports Law, Sports Economics, European Law