A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code The Fight for the Spirit of Sport

The law relating to anti-doping changes rapidly. The World Anti-Doping Code was first adopted in 2003 to provide a common set of anti-doping rules applicable across all sport worldwide. The Code has evolved and changed significantly through two major processes of review. This third edition provides essential guidance and commentary on the 2015 Code which replaces the 2009 Code. The 2015 Code contains many significant changes in the core Articles of the Code, particularly in the regime on sanctions for anti-doping rule violations, and in the amended International Standards. The text outlines how the current law has developed from anti-doping rules and principles in operation before the Code and explains the central role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in this development and in applying the current Code. This third edition will be an important single resource for any reader working or studying in the field.

Introduction; 1. The early development of principles relating to anti-doping regimes: the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport; 2. Overview of the Code and World Anti-Doping Program; 3. The International Standards in more detail; 4. The nature of the Code and its interpretation and application; 5. Articles 1 and 2 of the Code: anti-doping rule violations under the Code; 6. Article 3 of the Code: the proof of anti-doping rule violations under the Code; 7. Responsibility for testing and investigations, results management and hearings; 8. Articles 9 and 10 of the Code: sanctions for anti-doping rule violations; 9. Article 13: appeals under the Code; 10. Appeals to the Swiss Supreme Court from CAS, challenges to the Code in the courts and civil claims outside the Code; 11. The way ahead for the Code.

Paul David QC is a barrister practising from Eldon Chambers, Auckland. He has acted as independent counsel to Drug-Free Sport New Zealand for fifteen years, and is included on the list of arbitrators at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.