WorldLexSportiva

Pr.FranckLATTYUniversitéParisOuestNanterreLaDéfense

Conciliator,FrenchNationalOlympic

Committee

www.franck-latty.fr

10Dezembrode2015

INTRODUCTION

•  WhatisLexSportiva?

à RulesoftheInternationalSportsMovementà Privateoriginà Transnationaleffects

Cf.LexMercatoria(NewLawMerchant)–selfregulationinthefieldofinternationaltradeB.Goldman,C.Schmitthoff

WhatisthenatureoftherulesofIOC,IFs,WADAetc.?Whatisthelegalauthorityofselfregulationinthefieldofsports?

•  LegalPluralism SantiRomano,L’ordinamentogiuridico(1918)

Everyinstitution=alegalsystem

Pluralism=Pluralityoflegalsystemsofdifferentnaturesandatvariousscales

Linksbetweenlegalsystems:-  Perfectindependence(nolink)-  Relevance:fromdependencetosmalleror

largerautonomy

I.LexSportiva:aGlobalLegalSystem?II.HowautonomousisLexSportiva?

I.LexSportiva:aGlobalLegalSystem?

I.1.LegessportivaeofInternationalSportOrganizationsII.2.CentralizationofLegesSportivae:UnityofLex

Sportiva

I.1.LegessportivaeofInternationalSportOrganisations

Club

NationalFederation

ContinentalAssociation

InternationalFederation

Athletes,players

Etc.

FIFA

FFFCBF

Differenttypesofsportingrules(lexsportivarationemateriae)

-Competitionrules:lawsofthegame,disciplinaryrules,eligibilityrules,technicalrules,rulesonadvertisingetc.

-Rulesonsportcontracts:exFIFARegulationontheStatusandTransferofPlayers

-Rulesonnationality(sportingnationality/legalnationality)

I.2.Centralizationoflegessportivae:Unityofgloballexsportiva

*OlympicMovement

*CourtofArbitrationforSports(CAS)

Principles inspired by State laws Ex: right to be heard, principle of proportionality, nullum crimen sine lege, procedural fairness, principle of non retroactivity, principle of good faith

Principles deriving from the necessities of the sporting system: Ex: principle of independence of IFs; principle of fairness and integrity of international competitions; principle of fair-play

GeneralPrinciplesofLaw:

*WorldAntidopingAgency(WADA)–WorldAntidopingCode

II.Howautonomousislexsportiva?

II.1.AutonomyfromStatelegalsystemsII.2.Autonomyfrominternationallegalsystems

(internationallaw;Europeanlaw)

I.1.AutonomyfromStatelegalsystems

*Factorsofdependence:

SovereigntyofStatesLegalstatusofInternationalSportOrganizations

*Factorsofautonomy(1):LimitedscopeofStatepower/transnationalscopeoflexsportiva

KatrinKrabbe–3yearsuspensionbyGermanAthelticFederationandIAAF

*Factorsofautonomy(2):Arbitration

SwissSC,2012,Matuzalem

SwissSC,2007,Canas

OberlandesgerichtMunchen,15Jan.2015,ClaudiaPechsteinv.InternationalSkatingUnion

SwissPrivateInternationalLawStatute

*Factorsofautonomy(3):CommitmentsofStatestowardsInternationalSportOrganizationsforinternationalevents

ImmigrationSecurityTaxesMarketingrightsEtc.

II.2.Autonomyfrominternationallegalsystems

*LexsportivavsPublicInternationalLaw

UnitedNationsConventionagainstApartheidinSportof10December1985

EuropeanConventiononSpectatorViolenceandMisbehaviouratSportsEventsandinparticularatFootballMatches,Strasbourg,19.VIII.1985

Anti-DopingConvention,Strasbourg,16.XI.1989ConventiononManipulationofSportsCompetitions,Magglingen/Macolin,18.IX.2014

UNESCOAnti-DopingConvention(2005)

Resolution757(1992)imposingasportingembargoonformerYugoslavia

EuropeanCourtofJustice,1995,Bosman

EuropeanCourtofJustice,2007,MecaMedina

*LexsportivavsEuropeanLaw