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 office (a purchase form is available to download from this page).

Author guidelines and an article submission form are available to download from this page. The deadline for article submissions is 31 May.

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The 2010 Volume 5 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:

- The role of contract in sports law

- Right or wrong  – let the games begin?  Should New Zealand athletes compete against countries that are in breach of fundamental/non-derogable human rights?

- National sporting organisations and the good governance principles  of the Australian Sports Commission

- Compliance, third party payments and the threat to the NRL salary cap

- The gathering storm – organised crime and sports corruption

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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 84 of The Commentator is available to members via The Commentator dedicated page.  Here is a summary from the Editor:

Welcome to Volume 84 of The Commentator.

In his President’s column, Ian Hunt reviews the last year for ANZSLA and looks forward to events such as the London Olympics and the Perth Conference.Ian also comments on the renewed ties between ANZSLA and SPARC and looks forward to closer ties with other agencies and the NSOs.

In the first article for this edition, Garth Towan, a lawyer at Coulter Roache in Geelong studies the desirability of and challenges involved in the possibility of uniform international criminal legislation of doping offences.

In the second article, Allan Walsh, a Senior Associate with Zeeman + Zeeman a Tasmanian firm tackles the issue of ambush marketing from a different perspective from previous articles published in the Commentator.

In the final article, Cameron Mills, a final year student at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. looks at issues surrounding the NBA’s rule which prohibits entry into its draft unless the athlete has turned 19 years of age. He looks at anti-trust legislation and the conflicting decisions from the US Courts on the issue, as well as the lack of litigation over it.

In my editorial I discuss the current review of the Australian laws on the definition of charities with the possibility of including sports in the definition of charities for tax deductibility

Gerry Glennen

Editor