13. Final Conclusions

After having analysed and discussed the most relevant DRC decisions since 2002, following a classification of the most relevant subjects, over the last few years, the DRC decisions contain better and more extensive and consistent deliberations. Divergent case law of the DRC is quite rare nowadays. In recent years the DRC Judge is also more involved. Due to the development in and existence of well-established jurisprudence by the DRC, national laws seem to be less relevant. The DRC regularly makes reference to its well-established jurisprudence, sometimes to leading CAS awards and sometimes to Swiss law. There is a more consistent line with regard to the most important issues that the DRC has to deal with. Obviously, the creation and existence of a well-established international football jurisprudence is a highly time-related process, since the DRC has been in existence since 2001. We have noted that the DRC sometimes creates its own sort of law, the so-called “specificity of sport”, as mentioned in the RSTP, which can also be characterised as Lex Sportiva. The Lex Sportiva will be discussed in this chapter.