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• Select The athlete's right to respect for his private life and his home

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  The athlete's right to respect for his private life and his home

  Author:Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 3-4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-October 200815,531 words Article Introduction Competition cyclist Andrej Kashechkin was caught on a charge of blood doping during an unannounced check on 1 August 2007 while holidaying in Turkey. On 31 August he was fired by his team Astana, after a...
• Select The prize for freedom of movement: the Webster case

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  The prize for freedom of movement: the Webster case

  Author:Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 1-2) Peer-Reviewed

  January-April 20087,467 words Article Introduction Eighteen-year-old Andy Webster moved from Arbroath club to Heart of Midlothian PLC (Hearts), both Scottish clubs, for a transfer compensation of 75,000 [euro]. Webster's employment contract was due to...
• Select Sport in national sports acts and constitutions: definition, ratio legis and objectives

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  Sport in national sports acts and constitutions: definition, ratio legis and objectives

  Author:Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 3-4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-October 20067,103 words Article 1440L1. The Regulation of Sport (1) In December 2001, Dutch Members of Parliament tabled a motion concerning the advisability of enacting national sports legislation. As a result of this, the State Secretary for Sport...
• Select Models of sport governance in the European Union: the relationship between state and sport authorities

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  Models of sport governance in the European Union: the relationship between state and sport authorities

  Authors:Robert Siekmann and Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 3-4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-October 20109,659 words Article 1660L1. Introduction In 2004 Andre-Noel Chaker published a study on "Good governance in Sport - A European survey" which was commissioned by the Council of Europe. (1) The Council of Europe was the first international...
• Select Towards a typology of (international) comparative sports law (research)

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  Towards a typology of (international) comparative sports law (research)

  Authors:Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 1-2) Peer-Reviewed

  January-April 201113,136 words Article 1590L1.Introduction Sports law is an independent field of law: it complies with the requirements that can be set for the existence of fields of law. (1) Sports law consists of a private and a public segment. The private...
• Select Is the professional athlete's right to privacy being tacitly ignored?

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  Is the professional athlete's right to privacy being tacitly ignored?

  Author:Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 1-2) Peer-Reviewed

  January-April 2008842 words Article 1420LShould a professional athlete put up with out-of-competition doping controls? One may question whether exceptions are permissible for professional athletes with regard to the right to privacy that is guaranteed in human...
• Select Termination of international employment agreements and the "just cause" concept in the case law of the FIFA dispute resolution chamber

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  Termination of international employment agreements and the "just cause" concept in the case law of the FIFA dispute resolution chamber

  Author:Janwillem SoekFrom:The International Sports Law Journal (Issue 3-4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-October 200721,296 words Article Introduction Every employed individual has a contract of employment, and the same applies to professional footballers. The majority of contracts are served out without any difficulty. This contribution considers the...