The 2014 Winter Olympic Games is scheduled to begin on February 7 in Sochi. As an international event, the Olympics are the result of complex coordination of numerous governing bodies, touching on various areas of international law and sports law.
While the outstanding athletes participating in the Olympic Games rightly deserve the focus of attention, many may be interested to learn about the organizational structures and legal foundations that allow for this historic event.
The McKusick Law Library has in its collection several resources which discuss the Olympics and international sports law:
International Sports Law / by James A.R. Nafziger
Sports Law: Cases and Materials / by Ray Yasser, et al.
Sports Law in a Nutshell / by Walter T. Champion
The law library also offers access to several law journals that focus on sports law via HeinOnline, including the Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, the Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, and the Marquette Sports Law Review, and several others (authentication required).
The Georgetown Law Library also offers a research guide which provides links to the websites of many of the important organizations and legal sources associated with the Olympics, including the official site of the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Charter, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), among many others.
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