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Jack Anderson
Jack Anderson is Professor and Director of Sports Law Studies at the University of Melbourne. The sports law program at Melbourne was one of the first to be established globally in the mid-1980 and continues to expand at the Melbourne Law School, which itself is ranked in the top 10 law schools globally.
Jack has published widely in the area including monographs such as The Legality of Boxing (Routledge 2007) and Modern Sports Law (Hart 2010) and edited collections such as Landmark Cases in Sports Law (Asser 2013) and EU Sports Law (Edward Elgar 2018 with R Parrish and B Garcia). He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Sports Law Journal from 2013 to 2016.
Jack is a former member of CAS (2016-2019). He is currently a member and arbitrator for World Athletics’ Disciplinary Tribunal, the National Sports Tribunal of Australia and the Football Federation of Victoria. He is a member of International Hockey Federation’s Integrity Unit and Basketball Australia’s National Integrity Advisory Committee. in 2019, he was appointed to the International Tennis Federation’s Ethics Commission and is currently a Board Member of Harness Racing Victoria.
Sports & Governance - The Year In Review 2020/21
Sports governance - the year in review 2019/20
A detailed review of the CAS Panel’s decision in WADA v Sun Yang & FINA
A detailed analysis of the legal arguments in WADA v Sun Yang & FINA - a very public hearing
Israel Folau and Rugby Australia’s Code of Conduct hearing - the likely legal arguments
The legal status and difficult future of greyhound racing
Why the Russian Olympic doping saga shows the need for a radically different approach to anti-doping in sport
Duty of Care in Sport: Making the case for a Sports Ombudsman in the UK
Concussion in sport - How employers’ duties compare in the U.K., Ireland & North America
The integrity framework that can save the ‘Game Act’ and serve as a model for U.S. sports betting legalization
The legal implications of concussion in contact sports
The scope of the duty of care in sport - A submission in relation to UK Government’s review
Sharapova’s doping scandal - are athletes now more concerned about legality than ethics?
What next for sport and the IAAF in the wake of Russia’s doping crisis?
The legality of boxing: a punch drunk love?
Symptom free: will the law strike a knockout blow on concussion in rugby?
Why 2014 was the year of the whistleblower
Doping, Sport and the Law: A Day in the Federal Court, Essendon Football Club v ASADA (2014)
What are the legal rights of affected parties from Qatar 2022 allegations?
Match-fixing and the rights of individual sports participants: The Stephen Lee appeal
Jack Anderson's 7 point anti-doping plan #ChooseTheRightTrack - Part 2
Jack Anderson on the launch of #ChooseTheRightTrack - an anti-doping campaign - Part 1
Prevention, detection and co-operation in match-fixing – Part 3
Prevention, detection and co-operation in match-fixing – Part 2
Prevention, detection and co-operation in match-fixing – Part 1
Concussion, sport and the law
Armstrong’s pedalling furiously but where’s he going?
Random thoughts on Lance
Violence, sport, the law and Paul O’Connell
Hillsborough
Sporting risks, the law and wheelchair rugby: the case of Kylie Grimes
Dispute resolution at the London 2012 Olympic Games, part 2
Dispute resolution at the London 2012 Olympic Games, part 1
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