*With a foreword by Luiz Roberto Martins Castro, President Brazilian National Sports Law Institute

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport has come a long way since the idea of establishing it was first mentioned by Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former IOC President, who foresaw the need for a specialised body to resolve sporting disputes outside the normal court system. His aim was for CAS to become the supreme court of world sport; an aim which, this book demonstrates, has been largely fulfilled.

  It has, in the words of the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a landmark judgement of 27 May 2003, 'built up the trust of the sporting world [and is] now widely recognised [as] one of the principal mainstays of organised sport.'

  This 'jubilee' book - after twenty years of operations - charts the history, including significant milestones, and achievements of the CAS.

  Autorentext
  Court of Arbitration for Sport. Asser International Sports Law Centre, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague.

  Inhalt
  Introductory Remarks.- Une Nouvelle Institution D'Arbitrage: le Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS).- The Court of Arbitration for Sport.- The Role and Functions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).- Arbitration of International Sport Disputes.- Independence of the Cas Recognised by the Swiss Federal Tribunal.- Quelques Observations Sur L'arbitrage Sportif International. A Propos D'un Recent Arret du Tribunal Federal Suisse.- Experiences with Arbitration Before the Cas: Objective Circumstances or Purely Individual Impressions?.- The Ordinary Arbitration Procedure of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.- The Appeals Procedure Before the Cas.- Arbitration at the Sydney Olympic Games.- The ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games an Overview.- Sports Arbitration for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.- Cas Advisory Opinions.- The Cas Mediation Rules.- The Arbitrability of Sport Disputes and the Rules of the Game.- Examination of Witnesses and Experts in Cas Hearings. Which Rules Apply to the Examination of Witnesses and Experts in a Cas Hearing?.- Provisional Measures in Cas Arbitrations.- Cas Landmark Decisions.- Doping Cases Before the Cas and the World Anti-Doping Code.- The Iaaf Arbitration Panel. The Heritage of Two Decades of Arbitration in Doping-Related Disputes.- Form Follows Function: Crafting Rules for a Sport-Specific Arbitration Process 'The Canadian Cas'.- An 'Irish Court of Arbitration for Sport'?.- The Activities of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency.- Sporting Arbitration and the International Olympic Committee'S Court of Arbitration for Sport.- Arbitration as Preventative Medicine for Olympic Ailments: The International Olympic Committee'S Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Future for the Settlement of International Sporting Disputes.- International Athletic Dispute Resolution: Tarnishing the Olympic Dream.- Mandatory, Binding Arbitration for Olympic Athletes: Is the Process Better or Worse for 'Job Security'?.- The Trials and Tribulations of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Contribution to the Study of the Arbitration of Disputes Concerning Disciplinary Sanctions.- Lex Sportiva and Cas.- Lex Sportiva and Lex Ludica: The Court of Arbitration for Sport's Jurisprudence.- The Substance and Illusion of Lex Sportiva.- Twenty Years On: An Evaluation of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.- Concluding Remarks.