I am pleased and, indeed, very proud to write the Foreword to this timely book on ‘‘Lex Sportiva: What is Sports Law?’’, on which vexed question opinion is traditionally divided amongst academics and practitioners. In this context an international Conference was held in Djakarta, in September 2010, on ‘‘The Concept of Lex Sportiva Revisited’’. This Conference was organized by Pelita Harap University (UPH) in cooperation with the Indonesia Lex Sportiva Instituta and the ASSER International Sports Law Centre. It was supported by the Office of the Minister of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Indonesia, the National Olympic Committee, and the Indonesian Professional Football League. At the conclusion of this Conference, the ‘‘Jakarta Declaration on Lex Sportiva’’ was adopted and signed on behalf of the newly-established Hague International Sports Law Academy (HISLAC). The Djakarta Conference was, in fact, the first initiative taken by the Academy whose primary ambition is to organize and/or contribute to workshops, seminars and conferences on international law, of excellence. The ‘‘Djakarta Declaration on Lex Sportiva’’, as well as the Opening Address by Mr. Janez Kocijanc?ic?, on behalf the Academy, at the Djakarta Conference are included in this book.