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Some Aspects of Criminal Liability for Sports Injuries

Open Access
|Jan 2018

Abstract

The essence of the problem of using criminal law to affect sports injuries caused in sport lies in the fact that the means of criminal law to interfere in sport or not. From this perspective, we talk about two theories: the theory of absolute immunity sports and the theory of strict adherence to the rule of law. These two concepts are supplemented by a number of theories that perspective as an autonomous system that contains its own rules of conduct that regulate internal relations in sports. In the event that disciplinary liability is not sufficient in this case, can be applied liable under civil and administrative law. In the most serious cases, the possibility of protecting the rights and legitimate interests in sport according to the norms of criminal law. The subject of this article is selected aspects of criminal responsibility in different sports, both individual and collective. From individual sports we mainly deal with skiing. The contact sports in this article will be football, hockey and rugby.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0051 | Journal eISSN: 2464-6601 | Journal ISSN: 12138770
Language: English
Page range: 59 - 69
Published on: Jan 24, 2018
Published by: Palacký University Olomouc
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2018 Bronislava Coufalová, Jan Pinkava, published by Palacký University Olomouc
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