Preface

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Sports Law has quickly developed into an accepted area of academic study and practice in the

legal profession globally. In Europe and North America, in particular, Sports Law has been very

much a part of the legal landscape for about four decades, while in more recent times, it has

blossomed in other geographic regions, including the Commonwealth Caribbean. This book

recognizes the rapid evolution of Sports Law and seeks to embrace its relevance to the region.

The introduction of Sports Law at the tertiary level at various educational institutes in

the region has made the publication of this book opportune. Not only does Sports Law now

form a part of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme, but under the alternate name ‘The

Law and Sport’ it represents one of the fields of study in various Sports Management degrees,

both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Fortunately, the study of Sports Law is not

restricted to students, but has direct relevance to the functions of sports administrators whose

roles continue to assume greater importance as more and more Caribbean athletes excel on the

global stage. This book oers guidance, instruction and legal perspectives to those responsible

for the administration of sport, the adjudication of sports-related disputes and the representa-

tion of athletes in the Caribbean.

As part of the well-established Routledge Commonwealth Caribbean Law Series, this book

adds to the Caribbean-centric jurisprudence that has been a welcome development across the

region. The increasing volume of sports-related Caribbean cases has in many respects been

somewhat surprising, and often unaccounted for. With this new book, we aim to assimilate the

applicable case law into one location in order to facilitate an easier consumption of the legal

scholarship in this increasingly important area of law.

This is the first edition of this text. We the authors feel a real sense of privilege and honour

to have contributed to this pioneering book, and we sincerely thank all those who have contrib-

uted to its publication. It is our hope that this book oers our readers a refreshing perspective

on the applicability of the law to the sports sector. We anticipate that the chapters on Sports Con-

tracts, Intellectual Property, Sports Governance and Doping Regulation, in particular, will assume practical

importance to athletes, lawyers and administrators across the region, while the other chapters

will present a contextual framework for the broader relevance of the law in Caribbean sport.

We are grateful to the editorial team at Routledge for their unwavering commitment to

academic excellence, and for their support in the publication process. We have tried to state the

law as at 31 July2018.

DrJason Haynes

Senior Legal Ocer

British High Commission

Barbados

J. Tyrone Marcus

Adjunct Lecturer in

Sports Law

University of the West

Indies, StAugustine,

Trinidad

31 July2018

PREFACE