Pandektis, the official journal of the International Association of Sports Law (IASL), has been indexed in major databases, including SportDiscus, since 1997.
This edition features selected articles from the 26th International Congress of Sports Law, held on 13 December 2024 at the ‘Alkis Argyriadis’ Amphitheatre of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. It also presents a detailed report on the opening session in the University’s Great Hall.
Key conclusions from the conference: The Olympic Games and global sport can function effectively in today’s multipolar world if the underlying institutions and laws are fully renewed through cooperation among free states. Only then can Sports Law provide a solid legal foundation for Lex Sportiva and Lex Olympica, the rules developed by the Sports Federations and the International Olympic Committee.
In addition to the Congress articles, Issues 3-4 feature research papers by leading experts in Sports Law, with all contributors listed below: Klaus Vieweg; Dimitrios P. Panagiotopoulos; András Nemes; Alexandru-Virgil Voicu; Daniel Gandert; Marios Papaloukas; Sónia Moreira, Patrícia Sousa Borges; Anna di Giandomenico; Giovanna Morelli, Antonia Rosa Gurrieri; Anatoly N. Peskov; Yousefi Sadeghloo, Ahmad Rajabi-Elham; Consuelo Diodati; Serra Francesca Maria; Penny Konitsioti-Rizou; and Alkis Papantoniou.

Also, included many papers of Sports law specialist as below: BORGES SOUSA PATRÍCIA, Invited Assistant Professor in the Law School of University of Minho; Investigator, Portugal, DIODATI CONSUELO, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science – University of Teramo, Italy, GANDERT DANIEL, Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law*, USA, GIANDOMENICO ANNA DI, Professor, University of Teramo, Italy. HUI WANG, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wuhan, China. GURRIERI ROSA ANTONIA, Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy, KONITSIOTI RIZOU PENNY, Attorney at Law MSc University of Athens, Greece, MOREIRA SÓNIA, Associate Professor with Habilitation in the Law School of University of Minho; Senior Investigator of JusGov, Portugal, MORELLI GIOVANNA, Associate Professor of Economic Policy, Dept. of Political Sciences, University of Teramo, Italy, NEMES ANDRÁS (Dr.)Prof. Hungarian University of Sports Science, Hungary.PANAGIOTOPOULOS DIMITRIOS P. Professor at the University of Athens Attorney-at-Law, Advocate, Hon.President of International Association of Sports Law, Greece. PAPALOUKAS, Lawyer, Professor of Sports Law University of the Peloponnese Dept. of Sports Management,Sparta-Greece, PAPANTONIOY ALKIVIADIS, Lawyer, Greece, PESKOV N.ANATOLY, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA), PhD in Law, Attorney, Moscow Russia, RAJABI-ELHAM , PH. D Student in private Law of Islamic Azad University from Tehran, Assistant Professor of the Islamic Azad University of Science and Research, Islamic republic of Iran, SERRA FRANCESCA MARIA, Contract professor in Sports Law at UNICUSANO UNIV., Rome, YOUSEFI SADEGHLOO-AHMAD, PH.D in private Law from France – Limoge & PH.D Honorary Doctorate in International Sport Law from Russia -Voronezh. Professor of the Islamic Azad University of Science and Research, Islamic republic of Iran, VIEWEG KLAUS, Prof. Dr. Erlangen, Germany, VOICU VIRGIL –ALEXANDRU, (Dr)Visiting professor at the Bucharest National University of Physical Education and Sports, Romania.