Sports Law Center of Shandong University, China
The Sports Law Center of Shandong University (www.sportslaw.cn) was established in July 2006, and it is the first teaching and research institute to focus specifically on the research of international sports law in China. Its objective is to promote the development of China sports law; and to invite renowned domestic and foreign sports law experts to visit and give lectures; and to promote the international exchanges and cooperation in the area of sports law.Its mission includes:
1. from the perspective of comparative law, to carry out theoretical and practical research on sports law about the EU and its member countries, the United States, Australia, Canada and South Korea, and other countries and regions;
2. to carry out special studies on international sports legal issues, including the basic theory of international sports law, the International Olympic Committee's legal status, international sports issues of public law and private law (for example, how to avoid double taxation, intellectual property rights, etc.), international sports doping issues and the mechanism for sports-related disputes settlement, etc;
3. to carry out special studies of the legal issues relating to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, including the host city contract, Green Olympics, Olympic terrorism, human rights dimensions of the Olympics, Olympics dispute arbitration system, etc;
4. to plan and organize Sports Law Symposia, academic forums and to establish a sports law website (www.sportslaw.cn);
5. to edit a sports law textbook as early as possible on the basis of foreign sports law books and articles;
6. and to recruit and cultivate graduates mainly major in sports law, etc.
Board members of the Centre:
Director: Dr. Huang Shixi ( Juris Doctor of Law, Sports Postdoctoral)
Dr. Wang Xiaobing (Juris Doctor of Law);
Dr. Zhang Shijun (Juris Doctor of Law);
Dr. Chi Deqiang, Lecturer ( Juris Doctor of Law);
Dr. Xu Qingkun, Lecturer ( Juris Doctor of Law );
Dr. Li Weihua, Lecturer ( Juris Doctor );
Tian Yu, Lecturer ( LLM )
Liu Qiyao, Lecturer ( LLM )
At the end of May 2007, Sports Law Center of Shandong University successfully held a national sports law conference, and more than 60 sports law experts attended this meeting, including university professors, lawyers, J.D and LLM candidates, and governmental officials in charge of sports legislation.
As to publications, the Center’s members have published three books, that is: Olympic-Related Disputes and Arbitration, published by Law Press Inc., 2005; Olympic Games Disputes and Arbitration, published by Law Press Inc., 2006; and Research on International Sports Disputes Resolution, by University of Wuhan Press, 2007. Furthermore, the Centre members have also published at least more than 40 sports law articles in Chinese and foreign journals.