Sports Law

Course aim

To provide an overview of the law which regulates sporting activities in Australia.

Course content

Sport and the law (the legal framework), the legal status of sporting organisations including the duties of directors and officers; Sports Tribunals, natural justice and the Court of Arbitration for Sport; the legal liability of participants in tort (negligence) and in criminal law; health and safety issues including risk management; employment contracts including restraints of trade; sports marketing and the protection of ideas; doping and drugs in sport; anti-discrimination.

Textbook(s)

D Thorpe, A Buti, P Jonson & J Anderson 2022, Sports Law, 4th ed, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	40 hours x n/a
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	4 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.