International Sports Law Publications

Recent academic publications by our research team include the following:

Antoine Duval, "Oberlandesgericht Bremen, 2 U 67/14, SV Wilhelmshaven v. Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband e.V, 30 December 2014 ", in Antoine Duval and Antonio Rigozzi (eds.) Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration 2015, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Antoine Duval, "CAS 2013/A/3365 Juventus FC v. Chelsea FC and CAS 2013/A/3366 A.S. Livorno Calcio S.p.A. v. Chelsea FC, Award of 21 January 2015", in Antoine Duval and Antonio Rigozzi (eds.) Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration 2015, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Ben Van Rompuy and Oskar van Maren, "EU Control of State Aid to Professional Sport: Why Now?", in: Antoine Duval and Ben Van Rompuy (eds.) The Legacy of Bosman: Revisiting the Relationship between EU Law and Sport, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Antoine Duval, "The FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players: Transnational Law-Making in the Shadow of Bosman", in: Antoine Duval and Ben Van Rompuy (eds.) The Legacy of Bosman: Revisiting the Relationship between EU Law and Sport, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Antoine Duval and Ben Van Rompuy, "Introduction", in: Antoine Duval and Ben Van Rompuy (eds.) The Legacy of Bosman: Revisiting the Relationship between EU Law and Sport, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Antoine Duval, "Getting to the games: the Olympic selection drama(s) at the court of arbitration for sport", (2016) 16 The International Sports Law Journal 1-2.

Oskar van Maren, "EU State Aid Law and Professional Football: A Threat or a Blessing?" (2016) European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 15 (2016), Issue 1 31-46.

Antoine Duval and Ben Van Rompuy, Protecting Athletes’ Right to a Fair Trial Through EU Competition Law: The Pechstein Case", in: Christophe Paulussen [et al] Fundamental Rights in International and European Law - Public and Private Law Perspectives, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Marco van der Harst, "The Enforcement of CAS Arbitral Awards by National Courts and the Effective Protection of EU Law", in: C Paulussen [et al] Fundamental Rights in International and European Law - Public and Private Law Perspectives, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press (2016).

Antoine Duval, "La Lex Sportiva face au droit de l'Union Européenne : guerre et paix dans l’espace juridique transnational" (2015) PhD Thesis, European University Institute, Florence.

Ben Van Rompuy, "Editorial: Competition Law in Leisure Markets" (2015) Competition Law Review, Volume 11 Issue 1 1-6.

Oskar van Maren, "The Real Madrid case: A State aid case (un)like any other?" (2015) Competition Law Review, Volume 11 Issue 1 83-108.

Antoine Duval and Ben Van Rompuy, "The Compatibility of Forced CAS Arbitration with EU Competition Law: Pechstein Reloaded", working paper June 2015.

Ben Van Rompuy, "The role of EU competition law in tackling abuse of regulatory power by sports associations" (2015) 22 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2, 179-208.

Antoine Duval, "Introduction"(2015) 22 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2, 172-173.

Antoine Duval, "The Court of Arbitration for Sport and EU Law: Chronicle of an Encounter" (2015) 22 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2, 224-255.

Antoine Duval, "Cocaine, doping and the court of arbitration for sport" (2015) 15 The International Sports Law Journal 1-2, 55-63.

Thomas Margoni and Ben Van Rompuy, "Opinion: UK Horserace Betting Right at odds with EU law?" (2015) 37 European Intellectual Property Review 8.

Ben Van Rompuy, "The role and responsibility of the betting industry in the fight against match-fixing", Transparency International Corruption in Sport Initiative.

Ben Van Rompuy, "The impact of EU competition policy on the sale of sports media rights: trends and developments at the national level", in Karen Donders, Caroline Pauwels, and Jan Loisen (eds.) Handbook on European Media Policy (Palgrave, London 2014). 

Antoine Duval, "Lex Sportiva: A Playground for Transnational Law" (2013) 19 The European Law Journal (6) 822–842. 

Ben Van Rompuy, "Effective sanctioning of match-fixing: the need for a two-track approach." (2013) 1 ICSS Journal (3) 68-73. 

Ben Van Rompuy, "Hof van Justitie: WK en EK voetbal niet exclusief op betaalzenders" (Case note UEFA v. Commission C-201/11 P, FIFA v. Commission C-204/11 P, and FIFA v. Commission C-205/11 P) (2013) Auteurs & Media 5. 

Ben Van Rompuy and Karen Donders, "The EBU’s Eurovision System Governing the Joint Buying of Sports Broadcasting Rights: Unfinished Competition Business" (2013) 9 Competition Law Review (1) 7-28. 

Petros C. Mavroidis, Antoine Duval, and Mislav Mataija, "European Football Governance – Looking Backward, Looking Forward" (2013) Policy Brief, Global Governance Programme, Issue 2013/3. 

Ben Van Rompuy, "Cunning as a Fox. Dutch competition authority clears long-term acquisition of Dutch football broadcasting rights", (2013) 34 European Competition Law Review (1) 223. 

Ben Van Rompuy, "Economic efficiency: The Sole Concern of Modern Antitrust Policy? Non-efficiency considerations under Article 101 TFEU", (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Alphen aan den Rijn 2012). 

Ben Van Rompuy, "Review of The Foundations of European Union Competition Law: The Objective and Principles of Article 102 by R Nazinni" (2013) 23 International Company and Commercial Law Review (1) 24. 

Karen Donders and Ben Van Rompuy, "Competition Law, Sports, and Public Service Broadcasting: The Legal Complexity and Political Sensitivity of Measuring Market Distortion and Public Value", (2012) 4 Journal of Media Law (2) 213-228.

Ben Van Rompuy, "Plan to relieve Spanish football club tax debts." (2012) 10 World Sports Law Report (6). 

Ben Van Rompuy, "The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on EU Competition Law: A Review of Recent Case Law of the EU." (December 2011) CPI Antitrust Chronicle (1). 

Tom Evens, Daniel Geey, Katrien Lefever, and Ben Van Rompuy, "A Dutch solution to Premier League TV issues: part ½" (2010) 8 World Sports Law Report 9/10. 

Ben Van Rompuy and Caroline Pauwels, "The recognition of the specificity of sport in the European Commission’s Article 81 EC decisional practice related to sports media rights" in R. Parrish, S. Gardiner and R. Siekmann (eds.) EU, Sport, Law and Policy: Regulation, Re-regulation and Representation (T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague 2009). 

Katrien Lefever and Ben Van Rompuy, "Ensuring Access to Sports Content: 10 Years of EU Intervention. Time to Celebrate?" (2009) 1 Journal of Media Law (2) 243-268. 

Ben Van Rompuy, "Fair access to exclusive sports rights still a long shot in UK pay television market" (2009) 14 Communications Law - The Journal of Computer, Media and Telecommunications Law. 

Caroline Pauwels, Harri Kalimo, Karen Donders, and Ben Van Rompuy (eds.) "Rethinking Media and Communications Policies." (VUB Press, Brussels 2009).