Posted: September 13th, 2017

Sports Law

Sports Law

Order Description

Students are to prepare an essay response on one of the following topics:
1. (topic chosen) Evaluate the effectiveness of the domestic system of disciplinary tribunals in sports. To what extent do they balance the rights of the player and the rights of others affected by the decision making? Propose areas of reform.

This is a sports law research essay.

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?Assessment instructions
(clear, succinct, without repetition)    Students are to prepare an essay response on one of the following topics:
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the domestic system of disciplinary tribunals. To what extent do they balance the rights of the player and the rights of others affected by the decision making? Propose areas of reform.
2. Evaluate the law in protection of intellectual property both nationally and internationally in sport. To what extend does it balance the rights of interested parties? Propose areas for the reform of the law.
3. Evaluate the law in relation to discrimination in sport. To what extent does it protect the rights of interested parties? Propose areas for reform of the law.

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4. You may develop your own question in consultation with your lecturer. Such a question should be based on another part of the course set out in the Subject Outline for SPO 200 Introduction to Sport Law. However, the question must be agreed to by your lecturer in writing and it must generally follow the structure of the three set questions.

Instructions:

1. In answering your question you may focus on a particular sport or draw on examples for more than one sport.
2. Clearly set out the full question which you are answering at the beginning of y0ur answer. This will be deducted from the word length report.
3. Analyse the relevant topic using your textbook, cases, journal articles and web resources. You should use the ICM library and other resources such as legal data bases, Austlii, Westlaw, LexisNexus to find that appropriate journal articles. Newspaper articles may also be useful at times but these may not clearly identify relevant legal issues.
4. Your research essay should have a clearly identifiable structure including an introduction outlining your argument or thesis. This will be followed by the body which provides the details and support for your argument including discussion of different points of view from your research.  Integrated into this will be proposals for reform . Finally there is to be a conclusion which encapsulates your position in response to the question highlighting your most important points.
5. There must be a clear line of argument in your essay which must be written logically and coherently.
6. Your answer must be typed in Word.
7. Check spelling and grammar before submitting your answer.
8. The maximum word limit of 2,500 words excludes footnotes and references. Marks will be deducted for exceeding the word limit.
9. You should not write less than approximately 2,000 words.
10. Prepare a bibliography and footnotes which are to be included in the printed copy which is to be handed in in the lecture of Wednesday 22 April.
11. You are also to submit you essay in Turnitin. THIS COPY IS NOT TO INCLUDE YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY (REFERENCE LIST) OR FOOTNOTES. This copy is to be submitted with the attached Turnitin report by the time of the lecture on Wednesday 22 April.
12. The lecturer reserves the right to carry out a viva voce on the essay if it is necessary to ensure that the essay is the student’s own work. Failure to pass the viva voce will result in a mark of 0 and a report to ICMS that the student has failed the viva voce and that the essay has been plagiarised. ICMS disciplinary procedures will then apply.

Grading Criteria / Rubric

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Learning Outcome    HD    D    Cr    P    F
Reflection on the legal issues arising out of sport    Sophisticated and extensive understanding of legal issues arising out of sport    A very competent and wide ranging understanding of legal issues arising out of sport    A competent understanding of legal issues arising out of sport    Demonstrates understanding of some legal issues arising out of sport    Basic understanding of legal issues arising out of sport
Analyse and evaluate the impact of commercialisation and legal requirements on sports industry    Sophisticated and extensive analysis of legal requirements of the sport industry with reference to commercialisation where relevant    A very competent and wide ranging analysis of the legal requirements of the sport industry with reference to
commercialisation where relevant    A competent analysis of the legal requirements of the sport industry with reference to commercialisation where relevant    Demonstrates understanding of some of the legal requirements of the sports industry and commercialisation where relevant.    Basic understanding of legal requirements of the sports industry and may comment on commercialisation where relevant
Identifies and analyses the impact of regulation on sporting activity domestically and internationally    Sophisticated and extensive analysis of the impact of regulation of sporting activity domestically and where relevant internationally.    A very competent and wide ranging analysis of the impact of regulation on sporting activity domestically and where relevant internationally    A competent analysis of regulation on sporting activity domestically and where relevant internationally    Demonstrates understanding of some of the legal requirements of the sports industry and commercialisation where relevant.    Basic understanding of impact of regulation on sporting activity domestically and internationally.
Demonstrated knowledge and application of the international and domestic laws that apply to sporting activities both professional and social    Sophisticated and extensive knowledge of the application of domestic and international laws applying to sporting activity at the professional level and where relevant the social level    Demonstrates a very wide knowledge of the application of domestic and where relevant international law applying to sports activities at the professional and where relevant the social level    Demonstrates competence in knowledge of the application of domestic and international laws where relevant in application to sporting activities both at the professional and amateur level    Demonstrates some understanding of the application of the international and domestic laws that apply to sporting activities both at the professional and social level    Basic knowledge of the application of domestic or international laws applying to sport at the professional or amateur level.
Identify and analyses the impact key institutions and stakeholders have upon regulating sport activity    Sophisticated analysis of the impact key institutions and stakeholders have upon regulating sports activity    Wide ranging analysis of the impact key institutions and stakeholders have upon regulating sporting activity    Demonstrates competence in analysis of key institutions and stakeholders impact on sporting activity    Demonstrates some understanding of key institutions and stakeholder impact on sporting activity.    Basic understanding at best of any legal institution or stakeholder impact on sporting activity
Critically discuss the legal issues applying to managing a sporting player or club    Sophisticated discussion of legal issues applying to managing a sporting player or club    Wide ranging and relatively sophisticated discussion of legal issues applying to managing a sporting player or club    Demonstrates competence in discussing legal issues applying to managing a sporting player or club    Demonstrates some understanding of some legal issues applying to managing a sporting player or club    Basic understanding at best  of legal issues applying to managing a sporting player or club