Posted by Sports Law is an amalgam of laws that apply to athletes and therefore the sports they play. Sports Law touches on a spread of matters including contract, tort, agency, antitrust, Constitutional, labor, trademark, Sex Discrimination, criminal and tax issues.
Some laws depend on the status of the athletes, some laws differ according to the sport and some laws vary for other reasons.
Furthermore, this significant progress has been accompanied by a set of unanswered challenges which makes the said domain all the more intriguing.
Relevant Themes
- Doping in International Law
- Human Rights and Sports law
- The future of Sports Tourism
- Mediation in Sports activities
- E-Sports in the context of international Law
- Legal implications of Sexual Harassment in Sports
- Legality of Sports Drug Testing Programs Transgender Policies for Athletics Programs
- Racial discrimination in Sports activities
- Private Equity And Sport – Implication For Governance Entertainment & Sports Law
- Legalisation of betting in India: Pros and Cons
- The list above is only suggestive but not exhaustive.
Submission Rules to adhere
- The Book invites original research articles on various areas of Sports Law in the form of full-length scholarly papers documenting substantial research work.
- Contributions are invited from Academicians, Professionals, Research Scholars and students focusing on the emerging areas of Sports laws. Research Articles may be submitted from any of the substantive areas of Sports Law, not limited to the mentioned themes .
- All manuscripts must necessarily be accompanied by an abstract of 250-300 words for articles and 150-200 words for case or legislative comments explaining the main idea, the objective of the article/ case comment and the conclusions drawn from it.
- Submissions made without an abstract shall be outrightly rejected.
- Selected papers will be peer reviewed and published in a book by ICFAI Law School Hyderabad
Send your abstracts/manuscripts at sportslaw@ifheindia.org.
Word Limit
Research Paper: 3000- 7000 words (including footnotes) Article: 1500-2000 words (including footnotes) Case comment: 1500 words (including footnotes) Book review: 1500 words (including footnotes)
Formatting Guidelines
- Submissions should exclusively be made in .doc/ .docx format.
- The authors must follow the Bluebook 20th Edition format for citations. Times New Roman, Size 12, title case, Justified.
Relevant Dates
- Last date for submission of abstract – 30 March, 2022
- Intimation of selection of Abstract- 7 April , 2022
- Last date for submission of full papers – 25 April 2022
For further clarity one may reach out to the following:-
- Ms. S.Prathyusha Assistant Professor ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad
- Phone No: 7036016357
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