With a Foreword by Dr Michal Krejza, Head of  Sport Unit, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, Brussels

Much has changed since the publication of Professional Sport in the EU: Regulation and Re-regulation (edited by Andrew Caiger and Simon Gardiner, The Hague, T.M.C. Asser Press 2000). The present book explores new territory and its scope and tone reflect the maturity of the discipline of EU sports law and policy. The book seeks to balance contributions from established authorities and the best of the new generation of sports law and policy academics.

New theoretical insights are revealed which accompany in particular two further sections dealing first with governance and regulatory issues (also including freedom of movement and competition law issues) and second with questions of representation. The issue of the representation of stakeholders within sports governance structures (Social Dialogue between employers/clubs and employees/players) is arguably the most significant development in the last decade and the inclusion of the word ‘Representation’ in the title is merited. Contributions on anti-doping, football hooliganism and sports betting are added to the book.

The editing team consisted of Simon Gardiner, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, Richard Parrish, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom, and Robert Siekmann, ASSER International Sports Law Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands.

This book appears in the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Robert Siekmann andJanwillem Soek.

Simon Gardiner is Reader in Sports Law at the Leeds Law School, Leeds Metropolitan University. Richard Parrish is Director of the Centre for Sports Law Research at Edge Hill University. Robert C. R. Siekmann is Director of the ASSER International Sports Law Centre.