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Abstract

This research paper aims to examine the sports law in England, Japan and the

United State with a view to identify those areas for which legal aspect of sports

governance is of the greatest practical significant. Indeed, in English, Japanese and the

U.S. legal systems where sports laws are already contained in their statutory laws, each
sports regulatory framework requires careful analysis as to how it can be best

integrated and accord with already established rules of the fair play in sporting

competitions, activities and practices. Sports law is an area of law that is intrinsically

linked to management of the modern sports industries and businesses. It governs the

sports stakeholders in which fair play are ensured that every sports competitor has an

equal chance of being successful in any given competition, ultimately existing to allow

sports authorities and the wider sports governing bodies to function nationally and

internationally. A comparative legal study is made of the rules of national sports law

relating to society, economy and integrity, especially legal issues on national
jurisdictions. Despite of recent arrangement of sports regulatory frameworks into a

systematic written laws, for example, the Boxing Act B.E. 2542, the Professional Sports

Promotion Act, B.E. 2556, and the Sports Authority of Thailand Act, B.E. 2558, there are

few rules in this area. This study goes some way towards filling this gap in the sports

regulatory framework in the Thai legal system. Comparative law methodology is used

to find solutions for legal problems of sports law in the foreign and Thai legal systems.

Its methods consist of a comparison of similar and different sports law within national
legal systems.

Keywords: Sports Law, Comparative Law, Legal Systems, Sports Governance