The purpose of this paper is to analyze the special law supporting the olympic games in Korea. Canada and japan. And this paper compared those three special laws of those three nations and tried to reveal the difference. Futhermore, this paper attempted to make known what the difference came from.
For this purpose, this paper focused each nation’s special law into three dimensions. First, this paper focused the general characteristic of each special law. Second, it was focused in respect of government or nation supporting. Third it was examined that how each nation’s OCOG(organizing committee of olympic games) was stipulated in aspect of legal prescription.
The result of this study are as follow :
(1) In aspect of the general characteristic of special law and nation supporting Canada had least stipulations and complied with the Olympic Charter faithfully. Japan revealed nation sporting will in some degree, but it was prescribed by simple and basic matters. Korea showed most affirmatively nation supporting will, and it was composed of financial and administrative aid, and human resource.
(2) In aspect of legal stipulation into OCOG, Korea had most earnest attitude, on the contrary, Canada and Japan’s OCOG was stipulated in the status of a legal person.
(3) In the result of comparison of those three nations’ special law supporting the olympic games, it can be said that Korea showed most energetic and various will in supporting the olympic games, and it may be come from by the sport policy of the fifth Government of the Republic of Korea the goal of which was to obtain political legitimacy by the means of international sport event like the olympic games.