Introduction
The legal and sports community eagerly awaits the decision regarding the revision by the German Supreme Court of Claudia Pechstein's case. On 8 March 2016, the BGH announced that it was postponing its decision to 7 June 2016. Furthermore, on 24 March 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rendered its decision in the Tabbane v. Switzerland[1] case. The decision examines the legitimacy of a party's right to waive the right to recourse in arbitration.
Independently of the BGH decision, the Pechstein matter raises independence[2] questions regarding the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The aim of the present article is not to call for a divestiture of the CAS, but rather to...
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