European Countries Laws Regulating Fight Against Spectator Violence in Sport Events Cover Image

Pravni okvir koji uređuje borbu protiv nasilja na sportskim priredbama u evropskim državama
European Countries Laws Regulating Fight Against Spectator Violence in Sport Events

Author(s): Dejan Šuput
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Politics and law, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Sports Studies
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: sport; violence; hooligans; state; crime;

Summary/Abstract: Laws of many European countries pose a very wide scope of provisions aimed at curbing the occurrence of spectator violence at their sports stadiums and facilities. All of those laws were drafted and enacted to satisfy the exigencies of the Council of Europe Convention on Spectator Violence. The most important rules prescribed by that Convention were presented and analysed within this text. The importance of the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehavior at Sports Event and in Particular at Football Matches was clearly explained and clarified. The conclusion was drawn that national legislation regulating fight against spectator violence is complex and differs from country to country. Within this article laws regulating fight against that sociological problem in England, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland and Croatia were analysed and presented. The legislators of the above listed European countries have simply reacted to the needs and demands of their particular socio-cultural situation and their situation has been compared with the situation existing in Serbia in past eight years.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 233-263
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Serbian