Global Master in International Sports Law

Face-to-face meetings take place at ISDE Madrid, Calle Serrano 208.

Duration: 1 academic year starting in March and ending in December.

• National or international sports intermediary
• Representative Agencies
• Law firms, audits and Big Four
• Private and public federations and institutions
• National or international sports entities
• Sports Entertainment Industry
• E-Sports and video games
• Organization and management of sports events

Choice of regulations. Regulatory conflict in sport-related disputes and procedures

• International law
• Regulation of international organizations
• Law of the seat of arbitration or court
• Choice of law by the parties
• Restrictions on the choice of law due to public law principles, etc.

Swiss private international law

• Special attention to international arbitration (chapter 17 of the Swiss

Civil Code)

The fight against doping. Special attention to the legitimacy of the Code of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

• History
• Creation of WADA
• Objectives of the WADA Code
• Doping procedures in various sports organizations
• The WADA Code in accordance with the principles of criminal and disciplinary law
• Human rights and international conventions or directives relating to human rights

Conflict of Jurisdiction in Sports Disputes

• Relationship between the procedures carried out before international courts and the internal judicial bodies of sports organizations

Internationalisation of sport

• Special attention is given to the relations between sports organisations, which are mostly European entities subject to European Union law but which carry out sports activities worldwide that are not only subject to European Union law and principles

Sports law in the United States

• The structure of sports organizations in the United States and their relationship to international sports organizations.
• Special attention to the different visions and attitudes regarding the structure of sports activities, international transfers, special regulations, special characteristics in the laws of the game, etc.

Sport and European Union law

• The impact and influence of European Union law on international sports issues

Sport financing

• Different attitudes towards the financing of sports activities
• Private ownership as opposed to public ownership
• Coexistence of the two regulatory systems relating to sports financing, etc.

CAS / TAS

• History
• Functions, procedures and new developments
• Special attention to matters relevant to practising lawyers in CAS/TAS

Employment law in the context of sport

• Basic principles of labour relations and their coexistence with the regulation of sports organisations, sportsmen and women and employers
• The specificity of sport and its impact on the basic principles of labour relations

The definition of sport and the recognition of an activity as “sport”

• GAISF (General Association of International Sports Federations)
• The Olympic movement
• Special attention to those organizations and activities entitled to be considered as “sport” or “Olympic sport”

Lex sportive

• Is there?
• Is there still a real debate on this issue?

Esports and Virtual Reality in Sports

• Legal problems including image rights, privacy, health and torts, patent, product liability, licensing, crime, transparency and disclosure and addiction
• Conflicting interests: leagues, clubs, players, fans, sponsors, technology firms, broadcasters

* The program is subject to possible modifications by the ISDE academic team or the program management.

*The faculty is subject to modifications.

Once the relevant Program has concluded and ISDE has verified that the STUDENT has completed their work satisfactorily, the STUDENT will receive the corresponding Degree certificate for each PROGRAM.

In compliance with current legality and, specifically, as set forth in article 4.4 of decree 84/2004, it is noted that ISDE’s programs are professionally oriented and therefore, unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are courses that do not lead to the acquisition of a title with official value, but to that of a proprietary title from ISDE.