Olympic dispute arbitration

Author: Huang Shixi
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The resolution of Olympic sports disputes has several avenues, including internal resolution within sports organizations, arbitration, mediation, and judicial litigation. However, for Olympic disputes, arbitration is a primary method, if not the exclusive one. A large number of disputes involving purely technical or commercial aspects of the Olympics have been submitted to the ad hoc arbitration institution established by the International Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Olympics. Resolving these Olympic-related disputes is no longer solely a matter of competition and competition rules; it requires the application of legal theory and knowledge. With China's successful bid for the Olympics and the approaching 2008 Beijing Olympics, legal issues in the Olympic Movement, particularly the arbitration system of the Olympics, have been increasingly attracting attention from both domestic legal scholars and the sports community. The purpose of this book is also to help more people understand the arbitration system of the Olympics, thereby promoting the development of sports law in China.