# Ken Foster **Domain:** Sports law **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Ken Foster** is a sports-law scholar known for distinguishing **lex sportiva**, the transnational legal principles generated by sports institutions and tribunals, from **lex ludica**, the internal rules and conventions of play. ## Significance That distinction identifies the seam between an unreviewable field-of-play decision and reviewable administration. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.entsportslawjournal.com/article/id/746/) ## Routes [[wiki/Lex Sportiva|Lex Sportiva]] · [[wiki/Lex Ludica|Lex Ludica]] · [[wiki/Court of Arbitration for Sport|Court of Arbitration for Sport]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]