Italy Secondaria di secondo grado – classe 5ª (esame di Stato) Law and economics of sport
Chapters: 2
1. Law
State, justice and international sport
- Systems of Government: Branches, Checks and Balances – Every modern state divides power among three branches: the legislature makes laws, the executive carries them out and the judiciary interprets them. Checks and balances let each branch limit the others. Democracies arrange the legislature and executive in different ways. In a parliamentary system the government comes from parliament and must keep its confidence (UK, India, Germany). In a presidential system people elect the president and the legislature separately for fixed terms (USA, Brazil). A semi-presidential system shares power between an elected president and a prime minister who answers to parliament (France). Other forms include monarchies and Switzerland's committee system.
2. Economics
Sport business
- Sports Marketing: How Sport Earns and Who Does What – A sports club is a company that sells matches, merchandise, TV rights and advertising space. Sports marketing finds what fans want, sets a fair ticket price, uses people with clear roles, brings in sponsors who pay for visibility, and uses big events to help the whole city earn.