Legal Characteristics of Acts Regulating Relations in the Sphere of Professional Sports and High-Performance Sports
https://doi.org/10.30729/2541-8823-2026-11-1-30-38
Abstract
This article is devoted to the analysis of the legal regulation mechanism of relations in the sphere of sports1. Special attention is paid to the peculiarities of applying “softlaw” norms2, which are reflected in the corporate and local acts of sports organizations. The authors note that at the current stage of the sports industry’s development in the Russian Federation, it is softlaw instruments and contractual mechanisms of self-regulation that play a key role and form the core in the system of regulating sports relations. An analysis of the legal nature of corporate (local) normative acts is conducted, leading to the conclusion that, in parallel with public (or, in other words, state) regulation of the studied relations —ensuring a balance between public and private law interests — a system of rules known in scientific literature as “Lex Sportiva” has organically “integrated” and interacts with it. This system effectively serves as an independent regulator of private relations in the field of sports (sports relations). Today, Lex Sportiva is one of the primary legal instruments ensuring the protection and defense of the rights of subjects in both professional sports and high-performance sports.
About the Authors
Vladimir Petrovich Vaskevich
Kazan Federal University;
St. Petersburg State University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir Petrovich Vaskevich — Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Entrepreneurial and Energy Law at the Faculty of Law; Professor of the Department of Civil and Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law
18 Kremlevckaya St., Kazan, 420008
30–32 Griboedov Canal Emb., Lit. A, St. Petersburg, 191023
Ainur Gabdulbarovna Demieva
St. Petersburg State University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ainur Gabdulbarovna Demieva — Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Civil and Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law
30–32 Griboedov Canal Emb., Lit. A, St. Petersburg, 191023
Albina Shamilovna Khabibullina
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Albina Shamilovna Khabibullina — Candidate of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Entrepreneurial and Energy Law at the Faculty of Law
18 Kremlevckaya St., Kazan, 420008
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Vaskevich V.P., Demieva A.G., Khabibullina A.Sh. Legal Characteristics of Acts Regulating Relations in the Sphere of Professional Sports and High-Performance Sports. Kazan University Law Review. 2026;11(1):30-38. https://doi.org/10.30729/2541-8823-2026-11-1-30-38
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