Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad, University in Novi Sad
2023, vol. LVII, No. 2, pp. 517-534
language of the paper: Serbian
Overview paper
udk: 343:796 | 343:341.176(4)
doi:10.5937/zrpfns57-44906
Author:
Đorđe Marjanović
University of Kragujevac
Faculty of Law Kragujevac
djordje2611@gmail.com
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5238-7292
Abstract:
Fixing the outcome of sports competitions is one of the biggest threats to the integrity of sports. Sport as a social phenomenon has its own individual and social dimension. However, the degree of benefit for the individual and society can be neutralized by phenomena that threaten the integrity of sports competitions. The goal of this research is to provide an answer to the question of whether criminal law, as a branch of law characterized by the ultima ratio character, should respond to the appearance of fixing the outcome of sports competitions, as well as what type of outcome fixing should be responded to within the framework of criminal law. This research also includes an analysis of certain provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports results in order to see the potential scope of the Convention in terms of influence on the criminal legislation of countries that ratify the convention. In the last part of the paper, the criminal offense of fixing the outcome of the competition from Art. 208a. Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia.
Keywords:
fixing the outcome of competitions, fixing sports matches, criminal offense, Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of Sports Competitions.