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Bosman Ruling

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Bosman case; Bosman sentence

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The Bosman Ruling is a ruling of the European Court of Justice that liberalized the migration of professional sportsmen and sportswomen within the EU and abolished transfer fees after the expiration of contracts (Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Association ASBL & Others v. Jean-Marc Bosman, ECJ Case No.: C-415/93 (1995) ECR I-4921).

The Beginning of the Bosman Case

The indefatigable fight of an hitherto-unknown Belgian midfield football player, Jean-Marc Bosman, who spent the last years of his professional sporting life going from court to court in defense of his rights, achieved one of the most recognized decisions of the European Court of Justice (for a revision of the ECJ, see Vauvel 2014), known as the Bosman ruling. Jean-Marc Bosman was a 25-year-old professional player in the RFC Liège when his contract expired in June 1990. He tried to force a transfer to another club, but under the rules of the Belgian Football...

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  1. Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Miriam Marcén

  2. University College London (UCL), London, UK

    Marina Morales

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  1. Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  2. Dept DiGSPES, Univ del Piemonte Orientale Dept DiGSPES, Alessandria, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Marcén, M., Morales, M. (2022). Bosman Ruling. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_643-2

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    Bosman Ruling
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_643-2

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