Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal

The Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal is the only peer reviewed publication of it's type in the Australasian region and is available free of charge to ANZSLA members in hard copy and electronic format.  Non-members can purchase a copy from the ANZSLA Store using a credit card.  Please contact anzsla@anzsla.com if you wish to pay by cheque or direct deposit.

Article submissions are invited from members and non-ANZSLA members.  Articles will be double-blind peer reviewed (refereed by two suitable persons, determined by the Editor, in consultation with the ANZSLA Journal Editorial Committee).  Author guidelines and an article submission form are available to download from this page.

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The 2011 Volume 6 No.1 of the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal is available from its dedicated members' only webpage (or by purchase via the ANZSLA office), and includes aricles on:

- Wests Tigers Rugby League Football v National Rugby League - The case that could have stopped the NRL;

- Playing away from home: Sportspeople, privacy and the law;

- Taxation of athletes post Stone: Towards a level playing field in the era of professionalism; and

- Ticket scalping: Advocating for the event organiser.        

The Commentator

The Commentator is an electronic publication forwarded to ANZSLA members four times each year.  It contains a case and legislation digest, as well as articles on topical and sometimes controversial issues confronting lawyers and administrators in the sports industry. 

The Commentator editions are published on: 1 March (contribution deadline 21 February); 30 June (contribution deadline 23 June); 31 October (contribution deadline 24 October); and the final edition will be published on 15 December (contribution deadline 8 December). 

Author guidelines and an article submission form are available to download from this page. 

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The latest Volume (No 87) of The Commentator is available to members via The Commentator dedicated page.  Here is a summary from the Editor:

Welcome to Volume 87 of The Commentator.

In her first President’s column, Venetia Stewart reflects on the many sports happenings in 2012 and early 2013. She remarks on the ongoing controversy across a number of football clubs arising from the ACC report on drug use.  She also tells of changes on the ANZSLA Board.

In the first article for this edition, Marvin Farrell, a senior solicitor in Russell McVeagh's corporate advisory team in Auckland looks at the ambush marketing issues that arose in respect of London 2012.

In the second article, Catherine Ordway, a Sport & Anti-Doping Consultant and Lecturer and PhD Candidate, National Institute of Sport Studies, University of Canberra looks at the current consideration by the Australian Government into widening the powers of ASADA to include the power to compel athletes and their support persons to self-incriminate.

The third article is from Annabel Linterman.  It outlines the various types of intellectual property that is protected by law and their applicability in sports. This article mainly draws on the New Zealand perspective.

Finally, Amy Snowsill, a lawyer in the Sydney office of Holman Webb Lawyers also discusses intellectual property rights.  However, it is mainly from an Australian perspective and with a concentration on social media marketing by athletes.

In my editorial I introduce readers to a remarkable athlete who I happen to work with.

Gerry Glennen

Editor