竞技体育裁判员的法律责任初探

A Tentative Research on the Legal Liability of Sports Referees

在竞技体育产业化的今天,体育裁判员的错误判决将给体育运动参与者带来经济损失,应承担相应的赔偿责任。而竞技体育裁判员与参与者的法律关系的判断是确定竞技体育裁判员法律责任的前提。体育裁判员与体育参与者之间的关系主要为契约关系,并带有一定的行政关系。体育裁判员错误判决应根据情况承担民事责任、行政责任和刑事责任。我国应立法完善体育裁判员的法律责任体系。

Nowadays, with commercialized sports industry, the misconduct of sports referees may bring economic loss to participants of sports games. As a result,the referees will have to compensate such loss. Therefore, the judgment of the legal relation between sports referees and sports participants is the premise to decide the relevant legal liability of sports referees. In China, the legal relation between sports referees and participants is mainly by contract with a certain degree of administrative relationship. The sports referees shall bear liability, administrative liability or criminal liability accordingly. China should make legislations to perfect the legal liability system for sports referees.