# Court of Arbitration for Sport **Domain:** Sport law / Arbitration **Doc Type:** Developed Institution Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)** is an independent arbitral institution created in 1984 to resolve sports-related disputes. Based in Lausanne, it hears ordinary disputes and appeals from decisions of federations and other sports bodies; ad hoc divisions can operate at major competitions. ## Significance CAS is the appellate layer of the tournament's symbolic administration. Rules acquire governing force not only through referees and federations but through a forum that can review eligibility, discipline, institutional suspension, and competition-related decisions. Its authority is contractual and specialized rather than equivalent to a national supreme court. Questions about independence, access, public reasoning, and enforceability remain distinct from the mere existence of an appeal. For this collection, CAS demonstrates how a game enclosure develops legal infrastructure when consequences become durable enough to require adjudication beyond play. ## Sources - CAS, [History of the Court of Arbitration for Sport](https://www.tas-cas.org/en/general-information/history) - CAS, [Code of Sports-related Arbitration](https://www.tas-cas.org/en/arbitration/code-procedural-rules.html) ## Routes [[wiki/International Olympic Committee|International Olympic Committee]] · [[wiki/FIFA|FIFA]] · [[wiki/Individual Neutral Athlete|Individual Neutral Athlete]] · [[wiki/Russian Olympic Committee Suspension|Russian Olympic Committee Suspension]] · [[wiki/Tournament as a Symbolic Administration Layer|Tournament as a Symbolic Administration Layer]]