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Sports Law: Case Law

Sports law deals with the legal issues at work in the world of professional and amateur sports. This Sports Law research guide has been designed to assist law students, law faculty and practitioners with topics related to sports law study, research and PR

Sports law issues using Westlaw or LexisNexis.

Both Lexis and Westlaw have treatises on sports law and its issues

Lexis Advance (Browse Topics)

  • Antitrust & Trade Law >Regulated Industries> Sports 
     
  • Education Law > Discrimination > Gender & Sex Discrimination > Title IX
     
  • Communications Law > Federal Acts > Sports Broadcasting Act
     
  • Torts > Negligence > Defenses > Assumption of Risk > Athletic & Recreational Activities
     
  • Torts > Premises & Property Liability > General Premises Liability >Types of Premises > Recreational Facilities​

Lexis Advance Entertainment and Sports Practice Area

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    WestlawNext (West Key Number System)

    • Topic: Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Key Number: 601  (29Tk601) ---  Particular Industries or Businesses > Sports
       
    • Topic: Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Key Number: 941  (29Tk941) ---  Antitrust Law and Labor > Employers and employer associations
       
    • Topic: Labor and Employment, Key Number: 1177  (231Hk1117) --- Bargaining Units > Multiemployer unit
       
    • Topic: Labor and Employment, Key Number: 1146 (231Hk1146)  --- Collective Bargaining > Individual Contracts
       
    • Topic: Labor and Employment, Key Number: 1210 (231Hk1210) --- Duty to Act Impartially and Without Discrimination; Fair Representation > Contract Negotiations
    Westlaw
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Other Sources

             Recent decisions rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.