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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in Hungary deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports law and its own national and local sports organizations. Sports law at a national or organizational level thus gains a growing relevance in comparative law. The book describes and discusses both state-created rules and autonomous self-regulation regarding the variety of economic, social, commercial, cultural, and political aspects of sports activities. Self- regulation manifests itself in the form of by-laws, and encompasses organizational provisions, disciplinary rules, and rules of play. However, the trend towards more professionalism in sports and the growing economic, social and cultural relevance of sports have prompted an increasing reliance on legal rules adopted by public authorities. This form of regulation appears in a variety of legal areas, including criminal law, labour law, commercial law, tax law, competition law, and tort law, and may vary following a particular type or sector of sport. It is in this dual and overlapping context that such much-publicized aspects as doping, sponsoring and media, and responsibility for injuries are legally measured. This monograph fills a gap in the legal literature by giving academics, practitioners, sports organizations, and policy makers access to sports law at this specific level. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Hungary will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative sports law

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Dr. iur. habil. Andras Nemes PhD is a pioneer of the study of Hungarian sports law and is also an internationally recognised figure in international sports law. He has lectured at the Hungarian sports university since 1988, and he was the first author in Hungary to publish his work in the sports law field in 1993. He regularly presents his works in international conferences on sports management and sports law. In 1999 he was awarded a PhD with a grade of summa cum laude by the Doctoral School of the Hungarian University of Physical Education (HUPE), which represents the first and also the last PhD qualification awarded during the history of HUPE, since the certificate was already presented by the outgoing management of HUPE (still in the name of HUPE as an independent former University) after its integration into Semmelweis University. (From the 2014/2015 academic year the former HUPE after a disintegration process became an independent PE University again.) From 1995 to 2005 he was the Vice-President of the Hungarian Association for Sports Management. Currently he is a teacher of the sports law specialist course at the Deak Ferenc Postgraduate Institute of Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. From 2008 to 2010 he was the president of SPORTJUS Association of the Hungarian Sports Lawyers, and then the professional instructor of Lex Sportiva Hungarian Society of Sports Law Ltd. Since 2004 he is a member of the International Association of Sports Law (IASL), and he was elected as scientific vice-president by the Board of the Association in 2014.

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