Not currently offered
Course code

LAWS6099

Units

10 units

Level

6000 level

Course handbook

Description

Sports law is a dynamic field of law in the contemporary context of high profile sporting participants and extensive corporate sponsorship ranging from junior and amateur to the professional and Olympic sports. The course examines the relationship between sport and law, including the principles of law having particular relevance to sporting contests. These principles range from liability in tort and crime for participants and administrators in sport generally through to contract and taxation issues for participants and sporting bodies, including the implications of television and corporate sponsorship. This is a developing specialist area of law which raises its own particular problems in the context of a traditional legal framework and concurrently highlights the development of various and innovative alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.


Availability

Not currently offered.

This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2021.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Apply their specialist knowledge and understanding of the evolving body of law which applies to the relationship between sport and the law, including the nature of and reasons for changes in that relationship, in a range of contexts for professional practice;

2. Critically evaluate, through research and synthesis of complex information, concepts and theories, the relationship between sport and the law and recent developments in this field, including issues of policy, practice and procedure which may influence the outcome of disputes in professional practice;

3. Demonstrate advanced communication skills to solve problems and justify conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.


Content

The topics to be covered include:

  1. The framework of law relating to sport
  2. Organisational Structures of sporting bodies
  3. Disciplinary Tribunals - behavioural misconduct
  4. Employment and sporting contracts
  5. Restraint of trade and compeition
  6. Sporting reputation and image
  7. Player agents
  8. Marketing and broadcasting
  9. Issues in tort - negligence and civil liability
  10. Criminal liability
  11. Doping

Requisite

This course is only available to students enrolled in the programs:

[12334] Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (JD)

[12340] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12341] Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12342] Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12343] Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice/Bachelor of Laws(Honours)

[12346] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12347] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Diploma of Legal Practice

[12348] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40036] Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40037] Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40129] Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40130] Bachelor of Development Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40150] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40188] Bachelor of Global Indigenous Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40189] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40272] Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40279] Bachelor of Coastal and Marine Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40280] Bachelor of Biomedicine/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40290] Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50005] Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50016] Juris Doctor


Assumed knowledge

LAWS6000 Legal System and Method I, and LAWS6001 Legal System and Method II

LAWS6002A Torts Part A, or LAWS6120 Torts I

LAWS6002B Torts Part B, or LAWS6121 Torts II

LAWS6003A & LAWS6003B Criminal Law & Procedure Part A & B, or LAWS6130 Criminal Law & Procedure

LAWS6004A Contracts Part A, or LAWS6140 Contracts I

LAWS6004B Contracts Part B, or LAWS6141 Contracts II

LAWS6005 Property

Or equivalents


Assessment items

Written Assignment: Essay/Assignment or research paper

In Term Test: Final take home examination

Course outline

Course outline not yet available.