ABSTRACT
The area of sport and law is a fast-developing one, although its exact definition and parameters are less easy to gauge with any certainty (James, 2010). What can be established is that the law is increasingly involved within some areas of sport particularly at the professional level. Foster (2003) identified two groups of sport law sources. First, domestic and global sports law created by sporting governing bodies and federations through sport-specific tribunals and adjudicative mechanisms, such as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Second, instances of sports law that indicate the increasing application of both national and international law upon the sporting field. The sport-specific bodies have become more ‘legal’ in their approaches, something that has been analysed previously under the umbrella of the ‘juridification of sport’ (Foster, 2006; Greenfield and Osborn, 2010). This chapter deals with a number of these manifestations of the increasing incursion of law into sport. It focuses particularly upon the governance of sport and consequent liability for, and control of, a) participants, and b) spectators. In addition, it touches upon issues relating to commercial activities that are becoming more prominent and are also of concern for sport managers.
