Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football

In this paper the author considers the problems encountered by professional players and clubs in the context of unilateral termination of contract without just cause due to the sanctions imposed in that situation. The situation if further complicated by art. 17 FIFA Regulations for the Status and Tr...

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Main Author: Andrijana Bilić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu 2015-06-01
Series:Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu
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Online Access:http://www.pravst.hr/dokumenti/zbornik/2015116/zb201502_481.pdf
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description In this paper the author considers the problems encountered by professional players and clubs in the context of unilateral termination of contract without just cause due to the sanctions imposed in that situation. The situation if further complicated by art. 17 FIFA Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players which does not give a closed list of criteria on which s imposed sanctions are based. Following the analysis and critique of Court of Arbitration for Sport's cases Webster, De Sanctis and Matuzalem, and their comments in terms of Swiss law, which Court of Arbitration for Sport in these cases held as applicable law, the author concludes that the current situation leads to legal uncertainty. In conclusion the author offers numerous solutions de lege ferenda.
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spelling doaj.art-390587199b374a7888810830a5e73b232023-11-02T10:00:35ZengPravni fakultet Sveučilišta u SplituZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu0584-90631847-04592015-06-01522481513Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional footballAndrijana Bilić0Faculty Law of Split In this paper the author considers the problems encountered by professional players and clubs in the context of unilateral termination of contract without just cause due to the sanctions imposed in that situation. The situation if further complicated by art. 17 FIFA Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players which does not give a closed list of criteria on which s imposed sanctions are based. Following the analysis and critique of Court of Arbitration for Sport's cases Webster, De Sanctis and Matuzalem, and their comments in terms of Swiss law, which Court of Arbitration for Sport in these cases held as applicable law, the author concludes that the current situation leads to legal uncertainty. In conclusion the author offers numerous solutions de lege ferenda.http://www.pravst.hr/dokumenti/zbornik/2015116/zb201502_481.pdfunilateral termination of contract without just causecompensationsporting sanctionsWebsterMatuzalemDe Sanctis
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Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu
unilateral termination of contract without just cause
compensation
sporting sanctions
Webster
Matuzalem
De Sanctis
title Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
title_full Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
title_fullStr Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
title_short Unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
title_sort unilateral termination of contract of employment without just cause in professional football
topic unilateral termination of contract without just cause
compensation
sporting sanctions
Webster
Matuzalem
De Sanctis
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