Abstract:

Sports legislation in European countries is a good reference for the revision of Law of People's Republic of China on Physical Culture and Sports. The research analyzes the general situation of sports law texts in European countries and choose sports law of Italy, France, and Russia as typical examples to analyze the legislative structure, law content and legislative technique of sports law. The study shows that sports law has both increasing role and status in sports practice in European countries. Sports law is needed in carrying out comprehensive institutional arrangements and legal protection of sports rights, government responsibility, sports guarantee and specific problems in sports development. Sports legislation is indispensable to the establishment of scientific, democratic and modern sports governance system.

Key words: European countries, sports law, legislative technique, guarantee of sports, sports governance, sports rights, government responsibilities