Sport activity contract regulation

Sport – is one of the most important spheres of social life. While developing sport relationships became more complex, accordingly their legal regulation became more difficult. Complexity of the legal regulation and the increasing development of relations in the field of sport led to a completely new isolated group of public relations. In practice, is widely discussed question of what law branches: labour or civil law norms must be applied in the regulation of legal relations prevailing between professional athletes and sport organizations? Athlete‘s and sport organization’s between relations arise from the result of sport activity contract. The conception of sport activity contract and main conditions in Lithuania are laid down in the Law of Physical Education and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania. In labour and civil codes, sport activity contract, it’s features and conditions are not consolidated, so the question – what law norms regulates the relations arising from sport activity contract and to which contract – labour or civil – it must be assigned, arise? A clear, unified position on the sport activity contract is not found in the Lithuanian legal doctrine, because in it professional sports issues practically are not discussed. Therefore, this article analyzes legal acts norms of Italy, Germany, Sweden, France, Slovakia, Spain, Russia, South Africa, U.S.A and Ukraine regulating the relations arising under sport activity contract basis and is given a comparison other countries legal regulation. This article also reveals of some foreign countries doctrine on this issue and practice of Australian, English courts and European Court of Justice