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Name: Dr Mark Giancaspro
Location: Room 3.04, Ligertwood Building
Telephone: (08) 8313 0879 (work)
Email: mark.giancaspro@adelaide.edu.au
Course Website: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au
Consultations: Appointments can be made (on short notice) by email or telephone, at a mutually convenient time.

Each week there will be a three-hour lecture broken up into two sessions. The first session will be two hours in duration and will be on Tuesdays, commencing at 12:00pm in the Napier G04 Lecture Theatre. The second session will be one hour in duration and will be on Fridays, commencing at 11:00am in the Napier G04 Lecture Theatre.

The longer Tuesday session will be used flexibly and include presentations from guest speakers, visual media, group discussions and the like. The shorter Friday session will be the actual lecture for the week. The timetable will be staggered so that the lecture theme in one week is the practical session theme for the subsequent week. This ensures that students have had the advantage of attending the lecture and absorbing the relevant material for that week's theme prior to engaging with it on a deeper level in the practical sessions.

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from the

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Analyse the intermediate principles of sports law, undertake self-directed legal research at an intermediate level and evaluate complex legal information.
2. Apply sports law to complex problems/issues, critique the operation of sports law from a theoretical policy/perspective, either individually or as part of a team.
3. Structure and sustain concise and cohesive written and/or oral arguments for a legal, professional, general and mixed audience.
4. Conduct legal research and analysis, and undertake practical legal tasks, both independently and cooperatively in a professional/academic environment.
5. Analyse the impact and operation of sports law from policy, comparative, international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
6. Reflect on their abilities to effectively undertake work as a member of a team.

Sports Law affords valuable opportunities to study a diverse range of challenging theoretical and practical legal issues within an interesting and highly topical setting. The course should assist in developing legal knowledge and understanding of wide application.

The prescribed textbook for this course is David Thorpe et al, Sports Law (Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2^nd ed, 2013). The textbook will be supplemented by a reader with additional materials. All assigned readings will be stipulated in the Study Guide and Reading List.

A series of recommended readings and resources are provided for each learning week. These are outlined in the Study Guide and Reading List.

The MyUni course page for this course can be accessed at .

Besides this Course Profile and the Study Guide, students can use MyUni to access copies of the PowerPoint slides used in lectures, recordings of lectures, assessment tasks and other course materials. Students are expected to check MyUni regularly to keep up to date with these materials and additional learning resources throughout the course.

Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester.

The lectures will offer an overview of the topics covered in the course, according to the schedule set out in 4.3 below. Each lecture will include opportunities for students to ask questions on the issues covered and engage in the discussion. At least one of the lecture sessions each week will be devoted to more practical activities which actively apply the knowledge gained in the lectures.

For 3-unit courses, students are expected to devote an average of 12 hours per week to their studies in it, including classes. Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester.

The assigned readings provide a context for the material covered in the lectures as well as the basis for discussions in the practical sessions.

Copies of PowerPoint presentation slides used in the lectures will be made available on MyUni ahead of each lecture. These provide a basic outline of the points covered, though they should not be seen as a substitute for attendance or for the assigned readings. Some students may find it useful to print the slides out in advance of the relevant lectures and use them as a basis for taking notes.

The lectures are intended to provide an overview of the relevant themes and principles and to put them into context. They are not meant to tell students everything they need to know, but to serve as a guide for their own study. That study should involve, at the very least, reading through the material in the Study Guide and any other directed readings, and participation in all other assigned activities.

LAW 3533 Sports Law Semester 2, 2017
Week	Dates	Topic
1	July 24-28	History of Sports in 最新糖心Vlog
2	Jul 31-Aug 4	Governance of Sport, and Judicial Review of Private Sporting Body Decisions
3	Aug 7-11	The Commercialisation of Sport
4	Aug 14-18	Drugs and Doping in Sport
5	Aug 21-25	Alcohol, Gambling and Corruption in Sport
6	Aug 28-Sep 1	Behavioural Issues – When Athletes Misbehave
7	Sep 4-8	Legal Liability for Sporting Injuries and Violence
8	Sep 11-15	Discrimination in Sport
MSB	Sep 18-22	NO LECTURES
MSB	Sep 25-29	NO LECTURES
9	Oct 2-6	Athletes, Image and Intellectual Property
10	Oct 9-13	Trade and Competition in Sport
11	Oct 16-20	Sport as ‘Work’: Player Contracts and Agency
12	Oct 23-27	Animals in Sport
SWOT	Oct 30-Nov 3	NO LECTURES

Assessment item	% of final mark	Length	Due date	Individual or Group	Redeemable	Learning outcomes
Letter to the Editor	10	1000 words	01/09/2017	Individual	No	1-6
Case Judgment	30	1500 words	03/10/2017	Group	No	2-5
Essay	60	3000 words	10/11/2017	Individual	No	1-5

Each piece of assessment is compulsory. None of the assessment is redeemable.

1. Letter to the Editor (10%)

Release Date: The Letter to the Editor task sheet will be released at 9:00am on Friday 18 August 2017 via the relevant link on MyUni.
Due Date: The Letter to the Editor must be submitted by 2:00pm on Friday 1 September 2017.
Details: This exercise will require students to write a ‘letter to the editor’ addressing issues drawn from the topics covered in Weeks 1-4. Further instructions regarding the exercise will be contained in the task sheet.
Word Limit: 1000 words.

2. Case Judgment (30%)

Release Date: The Case Judgment task sheet will be released at 2:00pm on Thursday 7 September 2017.
Due Date: The Case Judgment must be submitted by 2:00pm on Tuesday 3 October 2017.
Details: This exercise will require students to work in groups to write a legal judgment summarising the relevant legal arguments and principles and delivering a joint verdict in response to a scenario presented to them in class. The Case Judgment must be submitted via the Turnitin submission box on MyUni. Further instructions regarding the Case Judgment will be contained in the task sheet.
Word Limit: 1500 words.

3. Essay (60%)

Release Date: The Essay will be released at 9:00am on Friday 13 October 2017.
Due Date: The Essay must be submitted by 2:00pm on Friday 10 November 2017.
Details: This exercise will require students to select one of series of provided essay questions pertaining to various topics explored throughout the course. The Essay must be submitted via the Turnitin submission box on MyUni. Further instructions regarding the Essay will be contained in the task sheet.
Word Limit: 2500 words.

1. Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
2. The assignment must be submitted via 'Turn-It-In' on MyUni. Details for electronic submission through Turnitin will be provided with the assignment instructions. By submitting your assignment you are agreeing to the following:
1. I declare that all material in this assessment is my own work except where there is clear acknowledgement and reference to the work of others. I have read the . I have also read the 最新糖心Vlog's .
2. I give permission for my assessment work to be reproduced and submitted to other academic staff for the purposes of assessment and to be copied, submitted and retained in a form suitable for electronic checking of plagiarism.
3. Late Submission: Where an assignment is submitted after the due date and without an extension, penalties of 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is one hour late, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 25 hours late, etc.  This penalty may be increased where the assignment is to be completed in a period of less than a week. 
4. Word Length: Assignments which exceed the allocated length (word length or page limit) will be subject to a penalty of 5% of total marks possible per 100 words or part thereof (i.e. with a word limit of 3,000, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is 3001 words long, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 3101 words long, etc). Words are calculated including all footnotes and headings within the text but excluding cover page information, separate bibliography or list of sources. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count. If the word limit is seriously misstated, this may be regarded as academic dishonesty.
5. Extensions: Requests for extensions must be made using the appropriate 'Assessment Task Extension' form available on Unified. Extensions will be granted only for unexpected illness, hardship or on compassionate grounds in accordance with 最新糖心Vlog Policy. Work commitments, travel, holidays or sporting engagements are not unexpected circumstances.

6. Style of written work: All written work in the Law school is required to comply with the most recent edition of the approved Law School style guide, the 最新糖心Vlogn Guide to Legal Citation.
7. Turnaround time: All written works for this course will be returned to students within 3-4 weeks of the submission date, depending on the size of each assessment piece. Written individual feedback will be provided on each paper.

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible  moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment  results at the 最新糖心Vlog are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is  required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Acess Adelaide at the end of each semester.

Students will be encouraged to participate in the SELT survey, as an opportunity to provide feedback to the teaching staff in relation to the course.

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The centre offers practical advice and strategies for students to master reading, writing, note-taking, time management, oral presentation skills, referencing techniques and exam preparation for success at university through seminars, workshops and individual consultations.

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Lex Salus Program

Lex Salus was founded in 2013 by Adelaide Law School Wellbeing officers Ms Corinne Walding, Ms Kellie Toole and Dr Mark Giancaspro. Lex Salus is an initiative of the Adelaide Law School aimed at raising law student awareness of the importance of mental, physical and nutritional health across all year levels of the degree, and of the various counselling, disability and equity services both within and outside the 最新糖心Vlog that can provide help. Research shows that law students, both in 最新糖心Vlog and in many jurisdictions around the world, experience the highest levels of stress, anxiety and depression out of any other discipline. Many do not get enough sleep, maintain a healthy diet or achieve a realistic work/life balance. Making matters worse, they are unwilling or afraid to speak up for fear of feeling 'weak' or because of the negative stigma that attaches to seeking help. Lex Salus is dedicated to tackling these problems head-on.

Counselling Service

The 最新糖心Vlog Counselling Service provides a free and confidential service to all enrolled students. We encourage you to contact the Counselling service on 8313 5663 to make an appointment to deal with any issues that may be affecting your study and life. More information is available at /counselling_centre/.

Further information regarding the Law School Policies and Procedures in relation to Supplementary Assessment, Extensions, and Remarks etc can be found at:


Plagiarism and other forms of cheating

Plagiarism is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the Adelaide Law School Enrolment Guide, and should note in particular the sections relating to plagiarism, grievance procedures and academic conduct within the Law School and the 最新糖心Vlog.

Plagiarism is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the 最新糖心Vlog. Please be aware that “academic dishonesty” (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South 最新糖心Vlog to refuse to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South 最新糖心Vlog.

Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.