Recreation Services: Law and Risk Management
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Recreation Services: Law and Risk Management

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Recreation Services is an accessible textbook outlining legal issues in Canadian sport and recreation management. Author Nora Rock covers a range of key topics that students in Sport and Recreation programs must understand as they enter the field, including risk analysis, insurance, legal liability, issues in tourism and casual recreation, and professional and amateur sport participation.

This textbook is suitable for college-level courses in Recreation and Leisure Services, Sport Management, Fitness and Leisure Management, Tourism Management, and Parks and Outdoor Recreation.

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  • ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-77255-804-3
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ISBN
978-1-55239-316-1
Page Count
234
Publisher
Emond Publishing
Publication Date
April 2009
Status
Available
Subjects
Health, Sports, and Recreation Law
Tags
Higher Education Other

Part I: Recreation and the Legal Context

  • Chapter 1:  Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Recreation
  • Chapter 2:  Legal Liability in Tort and Contract
  • Chapter 3:  Legislation, Policy, Procedure, and Administration

Part II: Risk Management: General Principles

  • Chapter 4:  Risk Management I: Identifying and Reducing Risk
  • Chapter 5:  Risk Management II: Communicating and Sharing Risk

Part III: Tourism and Casual Recreation

  • Chapter 6:  Management of Parks and Recreation Facilities
  • Chapter 7:  Managing Recreation Programs
  • Chapter 8:  Equipment and Products law
  • Chapter 9:  Adventure Tourism and Other High-Risk Activities
  • Chapter 10: Recreation on Public Lands
  • Chapter 11: Recreation Spectators
  • Chapter 12: Violence in Sport

Appendix
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Index

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