LLM
Sports Law Our LLM Sports Law course supports you in developing an appreciation of the key legal issues pertaining to the sector. The discipline of sports law has grown significantly since the 1990s, both in the legal sector and amongst clubs, governing bodies, and those organisations with sporting commercial interests.
Modules European Sports Law and Policy Gain a detailed critical appreciation of the interaction between EU law, and sport. In particular, you’ll consider the impact of the free movement of persons law and competition law on the regulation of and participation in sport. Sport, Intellectual Property and Commerce An introduction to the intellectual property law framework, as it applies to the business of sport, sports events, sports equipment, and the image and personality rights of sportspeople. You’ll also learn about specific aspects of contract, employment and agency law in the context of sportspeople, their agents, and professional obligations. Sport, Law and Regulation Gain a critical appreciation of the key issues impacting legal approaches to sport. You’ll focus on the circumstances in which law and institutions will act to intervene in sporting matters, and the legal extent of these interventions. Sport, Law and the Human Body Critically appreciate human body issues arising in the course of participation in sport, and how these issues are addressed through the making, interpretation and enforcement of sporting and legal rules. You can also take up to two modules from another subject area (excluding Oil, Gas and Mining Law).
Duration One year full-time Two years part-time Start date: September 2017
About this course The modules offered on our course reflect the areas of major contemporary significance in sports law. The key issue considered throughout the course is the relevance and legitimacy of legal intervention in sporting matters. In considering this, the individual modules support the development of detailed knowledge and expertise in respect of issues such as dispute resolution – in particular through the Court of Arbitration for Sport – challenges to sports bodies’ rules and decisions, doping and the World Anti- Doping Agency and code, and the application and influence of European Union (EU) law in sport. What you’ll study You’ll study six taught modules followed by a dissertation – an extended piece of academic work, independently researched and written. You’ll be supported in your work with one-to-one supervision from a tutor expert in your chosen field. Subject to academic suitability and the availability of an appropriately expert tutor, you can select your own area of study for the dissertation phase of the course.
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