This book examines the intersection of professional tennis and legal regulation, unveiling a fascinating world where tennis meets domestic, international and transnational law, and showing the many ways these legal frameworks impact tennis. Filled with firsthand accounts of the legal landscape and its implication on tennis, the work provides an accessible, engaging portrait of the tennis ecosystem that is equally suited for academics, athletes, sports lawyers and journalists. It is an essential read for those working within sports law generally, and the tennis industry specifically. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The intersection of professional tennis and law (domestic, international and transnational) offers unique insights that should appeal to sports lawyers, academics, as well as tennis players. . Enhance your collection with this engaging, timely, and authoritative resource.
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A fascinating reading for those with an interest in the unique legal, structural and organizational nature of tennis.
1. THE INTERSECTION bETWEEN LAW and Tennis Ilias Bantekas and Marko
Begovic; Part I. CONTRACTUAL:
2. LEGAL and CONTRACTUAL ASPECTS of AGENCY and
PLAYER-AGENT RELATIONS in PROFESSIONAL TENNIS William Bull;
3. PROTECTION,
COMMERCIALISATION aND ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN
PROFESSIONAL TENNIS Désirée Fields;
4. MORALITY CLAUSES IN TENNIS AGREEMENTS:
TENNIS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DIGITAL WORLD Miguel Crespo;
5. RESTRAINT OF
TRADE IN PROFESSIONAL TENNIS Ilias Bantekas;
6. PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER
UNIONS Brendan Schwab; PART II. REGULATORY:
7. ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN TENNIS
DISPUTES Ilias Bantekas;
8. THE ITF, ATP AND WTA AND THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBAL
TENNIS; Marko Begovic;
9. SAFEGUARDING in TENNIS: An ENFORCEABLE DUTY of CARE
Ilias Bantekas;
10. INTEGRITY in TENNIS: DOPING, MATCH-FIXING and OTHER
CORRUPTION OFFENCES Ross Brown, James Singer and Lily Elliott;
11. REGULATING
ON-COURT INDISCIPLINE Ben Livings;
12. COMPATIBILITY of SELECTED ATP Rules
with EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC LAW; Katarina Pijetlovic;
13. THE REGULATION of
ETHICS in the ITF'S GOVERNANCE Ilias Bantekas.
Ilias Bantekas is Professor of Transnational Law at Hamad bin Khalifa University (a member of Qatar Foundation) and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He has advised in the field of sports contracts, international law, and human rights as part of his professional practice and served as arbitrator chiefly in international commercial disputes. He has authored twenty-two books and close to 250 peer-reviewed articles. Marko Begovi is an Associate Professor of Sport History, and Sport Management at Molde University College in Norway. In 2022, he served as Director in charge of sport and youth affairs with the Government of Montenegro and currently Program Director of the Sports Diplomacy Program at the Hungarian University and member of the UNESCO Chair on Governance and Social Responsibility.
