🚨 New article by @prof-mark-james.bsky.social and Guy Osborn: "Defining the Olympic legal framework and the IOC’s lawmaking capability: lex Olympica, Olympic law, and their relationships with lex sportiva and sports law" in the International Sports Law Journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 New Book Alert! 🌍📘 Ash Murphy’s Climate Change at the UN Security Council: Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States is out now with Routledge (2025). A vital read on climate, security & small island states. Available here: www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...

Coming soon at @thesohopoly.bsky.social this brilliant new play Outside Voice 1-5 July, tickets available here sohopoly.co.uk/events/outsi... PLEASE RT!

#ECJ #AG Emiliou: #Sports governing bodies cannot freely self-regulate when their rules have a significant impact on areas covered by #EUlaw #football 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world. To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️

NEW from #HRW: Interactive feature cataloguing 100 human rights harms in Trump administration's first 100 days. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...

Which swear words do Britons find the most offensive? C*nt: 82% say very or fairly offensive Motherf*cker: 70% Fatherf*cker: 62% B*tch: 55% F*ck: 53% W*nker: 53% B*stard: 45% P*ssy: 44% Pr*ck: 42% Tw*t: 40% A*sehole: 39% D*ckhead: 39% Son of b*tch: 36% C*ck: 34% Full list in the chart 👇

Call for Papers for the International Sports Law Journal Conference 2025. The Conference will review the first 25 years of the WADA Code & look to where it may go next. More details available here: www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Bl... Hope to see you in The Hague on 6 & 7 November #sportslaw

The International #SportsLaw Journal is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. The new issue is available here: link.springer.com/journal/4031... with a brief history of the ISLJ here: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... The ISLJ archive of volumes 2-12 is here: www.asser.nl/sportslaw/pu...

Human rights issues in sports governance have threatened the core values of sport. Featuring experts' discussion, together with the @sportandrights.bsky.social, we will discuss contemporary #sports governance and find ways to address its #HumanRights challenges.

New publication! 🎉 Dr James Brown has published an online annual review for LawInSport titled ‘Sport, Safety and Participation - Annual Review 2024/25’. The article is available here: www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/.... #SportsLaw

New paper from @guyosborn.bsky.social & me in the Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie: "Law 3.0: Technology and Law in the Entertainment Industry – The Case of Ticket Touting." Available at: doi.org/10.1515/zfrs... #sportslaw

Important new #Sportslaw paper on #CAS by my colleague Johan Lindholm from @umeauniversitet.bsky.social. It highlights the influence of experienced arbitrators on CAS awards & the advantage of SGBs in identifying & selecting them. It's available open access at academic.oup.com/arbitration/...

New #sportslaw article on the International Sports Law Journal: A systematic literature review of esports integrity, by Erika Riedl & Pim Verschuuren: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New #sportslaw article on the International Sports Law Journal: Sports governing body responses to coach-athlete violence in Finland and the UK, by Antti Aine, Eleanor Drywood & Jatta Muhonen: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great to see that the new Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance is now out, including my chapter, The IOC and Olympic Law: Scoping the Regulatory Space of the IOC: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... Thanks to Annette Greenhow & John Wolohan for pulling it all together! #sportslaw

More info on our new LLM International Sports Law & Governance @mmulawresearch.bsky.social: Video: youtu.be/apKjgtTtOZ8?... Info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr... Open Days: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/open-d... #sportslaw

This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden

Copyright infringement is not my legal forte. But if there is any way of taking legal action against Meta for benefiting from the theft of my intellectual property, I am absolutely going to do so.

CJEU, sports law/consumer law New judgment: contract to train minor in sports falls within scope of unfair contract terms directive - CJEU indicates what aspects might (or might not) be considered unfair - Full text - curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/... Press release curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

This from @JulesBoykoff is well worth a read on what the next IOC President should be focusing on when they take office... #sportslaw

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

Submit your abstracts for the upcoming 2025 CLEER conference on how evolving institutional dynamics are challenging the EU's foreign policy. 🚨 Deadline: 30 April 2025 Read the full call

Liverpool fans affected by the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Paris have the right to have their personal injury claims heard in the UK, a judge has ruled after an attempt by Uefa to block it. By @robynvinter.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

🚨New publication from Manchester Law School Staff: @prof-mark-james.bsky.social and Sarah Carrick have both contributed chapters to The Routledge Handbook on Sports Law and Governance. More info here: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Really interesting new article in the International Sports Law Journal: Balancing the benefits and risks of traditional medicine in sports: a study of anti-doping controls and compliance by Sheik Inan Ul Mansoor. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... #sportslaw

New article in the International Sports Law Journal by @julesboykoff.bsky.social: "The Olympics in crisis: challenges, reforms, and the path forward" was the keynote lecture at our annual conference last year & explores the crises facing the Olympics. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ahead of today's men's England v Afghanistan match in the ICC Champions Trophy our Education & Policy Researcher @shubhamjain224.bsky.social shared on Sky Sports perspectives on what more the cricket ecosystem can do to further support Afghanistan’s female cricketers 🎥 Full clip bit.ly/3Qyxntk 🧵1/2

Do you have insights, research, or ideas to shape the future of sport?💡 Play the Game 2025 invites researchers, journalists & athletes to contribute and join the debate on governance, policy & integrity in sport🗨 📢 Submit your abstract now!👇 🔗 www.playthegame.org/conferences/... #ptg2025

Check out my blog @verfassungsblog.de engaging with AG Ćapeta's Opinion in the #Seraing case & its implications for the #CAS. I share the AG's view on the specificities of CAS #arbitration, but think its supervision by the #CJEU should take the form of a transnational #Solange. #EUlaw #Sportslaw

This was just 233 days ago:

Another great read from @antoineduval.bsky.social this time on the AG's opinion in the Seraing case #sportslaw

My article "Greenwash Gold?: The Paris 2024 Olympics" was just published at Capitalism Nature Socialism (@cnsjournal.bsky.social). 50 free e-copies are available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/REU49...

For any law followers and just in case of interest this article has just been published on wellbeing in the legal profession and the politics of wellness in law. Thanks following. Richard @hassfaculty.bsky.social #LawCare @newcastleuni.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is a fantastic piece on the Super Bowl halftime show. Definitely worth a read...

SPORTSWASHING EXPLAINED: Minky Worden: Director of Global Initiatives at Human Rights Watch John Hird: Co-founder of Newcastle United Fans Against Sportswashing @hrw-fr.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3tjS...

The International Olympic Committee is part of the global authoritarian zeitgeist. Next month, the IOC will select a new president in anti-democratic secrecy, a "process more akin to a papal conclave," as one official told @tariqpanja.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...

The Manchester Law School #sportslaw team are taking part in the LLM webinar on Wednesday 12 March, 1-2pm GMT. Anyone wanting more info on the LLM International Sports Law & Governance can register here: Webinar: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr... LLM info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Last call for tomorrow's open day for our new LLM International #sportslaw & governance at Manchester Law School, 10-2. Next one is Wednesday 7 May, 2-6pm. Open Day info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/open-d... LLM info: www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Somehow I find the decline of bands worrying. Solo artists and colabs are now dominating popular music while bands are nowhere to be seen. What's the cause? Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1icw4cr/solo_stars_have_stolen_the_stage_oc/

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

The order would ban trans athletes from entering the U.S. to compete in women’s sports during LA’s 2028 Summer Olympics, “with officials adding that the U.S. intends to use all of its authority with the IOC to ‘preserve safe sports for women when it happens on U.S. soil’”

We are advertising a number of lectureships in the Law School at MMU- very happy to talk anyone interested in joining our vibrant research community manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Updated & Comprehensive estimations of Football's impact on #ClimateChange. Report contains detailed explanation of what makes #Football polluting & actionable recommendations! Need this for the entire #Sports industry! @responsiblesci.bsky.social @climateblawg.bsky.social @climateactapp.bsky.social

Beautiful and remarkably important coverage of the Afghan Women's XI #cricket match from #Melbourne. @traceyholmes.bsky.social speaks with players, officials and rights advocates. First time hearing some of these voices! @hergametoocricket.bsky.social #Sports #HumanRights youtu.be/TsLZX09P_uw?...

Oh I'm sorry, are you crying? Are you crying because your plagiarism machine that made stuff by copying everybody's stuff was used to train another machine that made stuff by copying stuff? Are you going to cry? Cowards, losers, pathetic

Very proud to be supporting the first ever conference (organised by Gujarat National Law University) focused on 'Transnational #SportsLaw from the periphery'. Spread the words & send your abstracts by 15 February! #LexSportiva #TransnationalLaw #TWAIL #GlobalSouth

Come and do a fully funded PhD with me and brilliant colleagues @moniquehuy.bsky.social and @suecaton.bsky.social at MMU on Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📚 New book alert! This book offers the first in-depth study of hate speech across 20+ nations, analysing national laws and case law, with insights on human rights frameworks. It explores the challenges posed by extremism and social polarization on freedom of expression. 👉 Order now.

The #CEDAW Committee seeks inputs for its #GenderStereotypes & #Discrimination Report. Wide scope for contributions from the #SportsEcosystem Deadline: 10.02.2025 @antoineduval.bsky.social @prof-mark-james.bsky.social @un.org #HumanRights @fairplayinitiative.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/events/da...