Johan Lindholm

I research and teach Constitutional Law and Sports Law with a particular interest in courts and judicial poltics and the use of empirical methods in legal research.

Research qualifications: Docent

0000-0001-6009-7412

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johan.lindholm@umu.se

+46 90 786 56 03

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Professor at Department of Law

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Konstitutionell rätt

Institutet för Rättsvetenskaplig Forskning, CCXI

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan; Naarttijärvi, Markus

Can’t buy me arbitrator love? How party-appointed arbitrators help 'haves' come out ahead in sports arbitration

Arbitration International, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 41, (2) : 287-315

Lindholm, Johan

A source-based theory of variation in judicial reasoning: evidence from Sweden

Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis, Sage Publications 2025, Vol. 2, (1) : 121-141

Lindholm, Johan; Derlén, Mattias; Naurin, Daniel

Negative references to amicus briefs in judicial reasoning

Journal of Law and Courts

Lindholm, Johan; Naurin, Daniel; Schroeder, Philipp

Made in Europe: lex sportiva as embedded transnational law

The European roots of the lex sportiva: how Europe rules global sport, Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd 2024 : 1-14

Antoine, Duval; Krüger, Alexander; Lindholm, Johan

The European roots of the lex sportiva: how Europe rules global sport

Swedish Studies in European Law, 18

Duval, Antoine; Krüger, Alexander; Lindholm, Johan

Putting the lex into lex sportiva: the principle of legality in sports

The European roots of the lex sportiva: how Europe rules global sport, Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd 2024 : 41-68

Lindholm, Johan

Textual insights: what can computers teach legal scholars about law?

Stockholm IP Law Review, (2) : 25-32

Lindholm, Johan

Introducing the European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies: A Beacon of Empirical Inquiry in Law

European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, European Society for Empirical Legal Studies (ESELS) 2024, Vol. 1, (1) : 1-2

Lindholm, Johan; Libor, Dušek; Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena; et al.

Introduction

The power to tax in Europe, Oxford; London; New York; New Delhi; Sydney: Hart Publishing Ltd 2023 : 1-2

Hultqvist, Anders; Lindholm, Johan

Squaring the constitutional circle: an overview of EU fiscal powers

The power to tax in Europe, Oxford; London; New York; New Delhi; Sydney: Hart Publishing Ltd 2023 : 3-18

Lindholm, Johan

Requiring good governance from private regulators: what about the rest of us after ESL and ISU?

The International Sports Law Journal, Springer 2023, Vol. 23, (4) : 460-466

Lindholm, Johan

The power to tax in Europe

Swedish Studies in European Law, 14

Lindholm, Johan; Hultqvist, Anders

Re-framing case law citation prediction from a paragraph perspective

Legal knowledge and information systems: Jurix 2023: the thirty-sixth annual conference, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 18–20 December 2023, IOS Press 2023 : 323-328

Olsen, Henrik Palmer; Garneau, Nicolas; Panagis, Yannis; et al.

From one to many: identifying issues in CJEU jurisprudence

Journal of Law and Courts, Cambridge University Press 2023, Vol. 11, (1) : 163-186

Schroeder, Philipp; Lindholm, Johan

General principles: taking rights seriously and waving the rule-of-law stick in the European Union

Research handbook on general principles in EU law: constructing legal orders in Europe, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing 2022 : 308-326

Groussot, Xavier; Lindholm, Johan

How Russia's invasion of Ukraine shook sports' foundation

International Sports Law Journal, Springer Nature 2022, Vol. 22 : 1-4

Lindholm, Johan

So long, farewell, aufwiedersehen: and thanks for all the fun!

International Sports Law Journal, Springer 2022, Vol. 22, (4) : 271-271

Lindholm, Johan

The Ideal Justice: Who Are Selected to Serve and What Does It Say about Swedish High Courts?

Tidsskrift for rettsvitenskap, Universitetsforlaget 2022, Vol. 135, (4) : 397-431

Lindholm, Johan; Derlén, Mattias; Naurin, Daniel

Grundläggande EU-rätt

Stockholm: Liber 2021

Derlén, Mattias; Ingmanson, Staffan; Lindholm, Johan

Idrottslig bolagisering från ett good governance-perspektiv

Idrottens riskzoner: om vägar till trygg och trovärdig idrott, Stockholm: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2021 : 189-207

Lindholm, Johan

O wild West Wind: What can a student-athlete named Alston teach global sports law?

The International Sports Law Journal, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2021, Vol. 21, (4) : 203-205

Lindholm, Johan

A legit supreme court of world sports?: The CAS(e) for reform

The International Sports Law Journal, Berlin: Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2021, Vol. 21, (1-2) : 1-5

Lindholm, Johan

A global take on legal aspects of fantasy sports

International Sports Law Journal, Springer 2021, Vol. 21, (3) : 119-120

Lindholm, Johan

När idrottens och samhällets normsystem kolliderar

Idrottens riskzoner: om vägar till trygg och trovärdig idrott, 2021: Centrum för idrottsforskning 2021 : 49-86

Norberg, Johan R.; Lindholm, Johan

Att bli jurist: råd för att lyckas och trivas på juristutbildningen

Vänbok till Ulf Israelsson, Umeå: Juridiska institutionen, Umeå universitet 2020 : 25-41

Derlén, Mattias; Leidö, Jan; Lindholm, Johan

Konstitutionell rätt

Institutet för Rättsvetenskaplig Forskning, CCXI

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan; Naarttijärvi, Markus

The impact of Covid-19 on sports: a mid-way assessment

International Sports Law Journal, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2020, Vol. 20, (3-4) : 115-119

Garcia-Garcia, Borja; James, Mark; Koller, Dionne; et al.

The court of arbitration for sport and the Nordics

Urheilu ja oikeus (Finnish Yearbook of Sports Law) 2019, Vaasa: Urheiluoikeuden yhdistys 2020 : 109-127

Lindholm, Johan

When sports is the most important utterly non‐important thing in the world

The International Sports Law Journal, Berlin: Springer 2020, Vol. 20 : 1-2

Lindholm, Johan

What Is Global Sports Law? The View from the Twittersphere

Journal of Digital Social Research (JDSR), DIGSUM – The Centre for Digital Social Research at Umeå University 2020, Vol. 2, (2) : 48-72

Lindholm, Johan

Horizontal direct effect of Union citizenship and the evolving sporting exception: TopFit

Common market law review, Kluwer Law International 2020, Vol. 57, (4) : 1283-1304

Lindholm, Johan; Parrish, Richard

What happened to the revolution?: one decade with Trailers and MEQRs

Festskrift till Örjan Edström, Umeå: Department of Law, Umeå University 2019 : 91-108

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

Perspektiv på prejudikat: En empirisk undersökning av tingsrätternas bruk av Högsta domstolens rättspraxis i tvistemål

Svensk Juristtidning, Stockholm: 2019, (8) : 751-772

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone!: The Impact of Brexit on Member States’ Contribution to the Case Law of the CJEU

Europarättslig tidskrift, Stockholm: Europarättslig Tidskrift 2019, (3) : 381-395

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan; Naurin, Daniel

The Netflix‑ication of sports broadcasting

The International Sports Law Journal, Springer 2019, Vol. 18, (3–4) : 99-101

Lindholm, Johan

The court of arbitration for sport and its jurisprudence: an empirical inquiry into lex sportiva

ASSER International Sports Law Series

Lindholm, Johan

Court of Arbitration for Sport: En framgångsrik trettiofemåring med begynnande medelålderskris?

Juridisk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Jure 2019, Vol. 2019/20, (2) : 482-492

Lindholm, Johan

Who Tweets about Sports Law?

The International Sports Law Journal, Springer 2019, Vol. 19, (3-4) : 129-132

Lindholm, Johan

The Second Annual International Sports Law Journal Conference

International Sports Law Journal, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2019, Vol. 19, (1-2) : 1-1

Lindholm, Johan

Promoting and Supporting Good Governance in the European Football Agents Industry

Zagreb: European Commission 2019

Parrish, Richard; Cattaneo, Andrea; Lindholm, Johan; et al.

Serving two masters: CJEU case law in Swedish first instance courts and national courts of precedent as gatekeepers

The Court of Justice of the European Union: multidisciplinary perspectives, Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd 2018 : 79-99

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

The Court of Justice of the European Union: multidisciplinary perspectives

Swedish Studies in European Law, 10

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

End of cash‐for‐player transfers in football?

The International Sports Law Journal, The Hague: Springer 2018, Vol. 18, (1-2) : 1-2

Lindholm, Johan

The First Annual International Sports Law Journal conference

International sports law journal, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2018, Vol. 17, (3-4) : 117-118

Lindholm, Johan

Is it good law?: network analysis and the CJEU's internal market jurisprudence

Journal of international economic law (Oxford), Oxford University Press 2017, Vol. 20, (2) : 257-277

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

Peek-a-boo, it’s a case law system!: Comparing the european court of justice and the United States supreme court from a network perspective

German Law Journal, Vol. 18, (3) : 647-686

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

EU-rättens framtid som rättsvetenskaplig disciplin: början på slutet eller slutet på början?

Jubileumsskrift till Juridiska institutionen 40 år, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2017 : 79-88

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

Från Champagne till Ramlösa: EU-domstolens rättspraxis i svenska underinstanser

Europarättslig tidskrift, Stockholm: Europarättslig tidskrift 2017, (4) : 695-716

Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan

Jubileumsskrift till Juridiska institutionen 40 år

Skrifter från Juridiska institutionen vid Umeå universitet, 38

Edström, Örjan; Lindholm, Johan; Mannelqvist, Ruth

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Research groups

Contact person

Empirical Legal Studies

Group member

AI and society

Institutions of power

Research projects

1 January 2024 until 31 December 2028

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a Legitimate Power in Sports?

1 May 2021 until 22 April 2026

Starving Luxembourg? National Courts and the Preliminary Ruling Procedure

1 September 2020 until 30 September 2026

Club Law and Capitalism

1 January 2019 until 31 December 2022

Judicial Power and Power over the Judiciary: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Shifting Role of Judges

1 January 2015 until 31 December 2015

CAS and its case law

1 January 2012 until 31 December 2014

The European Court of Justice ́s case law and its importance as a source of law

1 January 2009 until 31 December 2012

Doping, An Issue for the Legislator?