Post – Staps

English

Abstract: Law has taken on an increasingly important role in the field of sports, especially since the postwar boom years. This phenomenon is due to increased state intervention and the juridification of social relations. Sports law research centers have been created (Nice, Limoges, Dijon, Aix-Marseille), further evidence of this evolution. In terms of education, since the 2000s, STAPS departments have been offering legal courses in sports management programs as well as in other fields. These courses are mainly taught by lawyers due to a shortage of faculty members with legal backgrounds. Lawyers specializing in STAPS should not limit themselves to a rigid positivist approach. They must adopt an epistemologically open stance, adapted to the multidisciplinary context of STAPS. First, in terms of research, they must combine law with other social sciences (sociology, history, geography, etc.), adopting a contextualized and flexible methodology to develop a common language and enrich their analyses. Second, in teaching, law must be taught in a contextualized manner to make it accessible and relevant to STAPS students. It must be seen as a tool for sporting activity, not as a simple set of rules. Being a lawyer in STAPS therefore requires adopting a multidisciplinary, critical, and contextualized approach in order to effectively link law, sports, and social sciences. In other words, lawyers must position themselves as mediators between legal norms and the realities of the sporting arena.