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Law, Crime and Justice - 2008

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The court of arbitration for sport

13/06/2008
Nick D'Arcy was dropped from the Australian Olympic swimming team, after assaulting a fellow swimmer. So he, like so many others before him, took his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, or CAS, as it's sometimes known. But what happens then?

Sport, violence and the law

09/05/2008
In the old days, what happened on the field stayed on the field, but some argue times have changed. When does on-field violence amount to a breach of the law, rather than simply the rules of the game?