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Sport Law: A Managerial Approach
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-62989-9 (ISBN)
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Whether readers work as coaches or teachers; administer professional programs; manage fitness/health clubs; or assume roles in a high school, college, Olympic, or professional sport organization, legal concerns will inevitably be woven into their managerial concerns. This book provides knowledge of the law that helps create a competitive advantage and build a more efficient and successful operation that better serves the needs of its constituents.
Special Features of the Book
Managerial context tables. Chapter-opening exhibits act as organizational and study tools identifying managerial contexts in relation to major legal issues, relevant law, and illustrative cases for the chapter.
Case opinions, focus cases, and hypothetical cases. Legal opinions--both excerpted (case opinions) and summarized (focus cases)--illustrate relevant legal points and help readers understand the interplay between fact and legal theory. The cases include questions for discussion, and the instructor’s manual provides guidance for the discussion. Hypothetical cases further highlight topics of interest and include discussion questions to facilitate understanding of the material; analysis and possible responses appear at the end of the chapter.
Competitive advantage strategies. Highlighted, focused strategies based on discussions in the text help readers understand how to use the law to make sound operational decisions and will assist them in working effectively with legal counsel.
Discussion questions, learning activities, and case studies. Thoughtful and thought-provoking questions and activities emphasize important concepts;they help instructors teach and readers review the material. Creative case studies stimulate readers, as future sport or recreation managers, to analyze situations involving a legal issue presented in the chapter.
Annotated websites. Each chapter includes a collection of web resources to help readers explore topics further. Accompanying the web addresses are brief descriptions pointing out key links and the sites' benefits. Bookmarking these sites will help readers in future research or throughout their careers.
Linda A. Sharp is a professor in the University of North Carolina Sport Administration graduate program, teaching sport law and ethics. Throughout her career she has lectured on legal topics related to sport, recreation, and physical activity for audiences ranging from academics in sport law, sport management and business law to university counsel, student affairs professionals, athletic directors, coaches, and managers of health and fitness clubs. Her lecture and workshop topics focus primarily on contract and tort law issues related to educational sport. Some representative presentations include liability issues related to coaching, risk management issues for college sport programs, employment law issues including negligent referral, liability for the eating-disordered athlete, Title IX issues and negligence liability, negligent misrepresentation issues in education, contract issues in athletics including coaching contracts, liability concerns relating to the recruiting of student-athletes, the Equal Pay Act and coaches, medical concerns of college athletes, and liability issues related to on- and off-campus sports and recreational activities. She has presented workshops that deal with comprehensive risk management strategies in athletic and recreational sport programs. Sharp is also an affiliated consultant with NCHERM, the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management. Anita M. Moorman is a professor in Sport Administration at the University of Louisville, US, where she teaches sport law and legal aspects of sport. She was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 2000 when she served as co-counsel for nine disability sport organizations and prepared an amicus curiae brief in the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act case involving the disabled professional golfer Casey Martin and the PGA Tour (Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc.). Moorman has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, and the Sport Marketing Quarterly, and she is the editor of a feature column in the Sport Marketing Quarterly entitled Sport Marketing and the Law. Moorman also actively participates in the North American Society for Sport Management, Sport & Recreation Law Association, and the Academy of Legal Studies in Business; and is a member of the National Sport Law Institute. Her research interests include commercial law issues in the sport industry; and legal and ethical issues related to sport marketing practices, brand protection, and intellectual property issues in sport. Cathryn Claussen, is a Distinguished Professor of Title IX and Gender Equity in Sport at Washington State University, US. She brings a wealth of practical experience to her teaching and scholarship, including collegiate coaching experience and having played tennis professionally. Additionally, she chaired Bowling Green State University's Equal Opportunity Compliance Committee, as well as the Gender Equity subcommittee of BGSU's Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. Nationally known for her work in civil and constitutional rights in the context of sport, Claussen's many scholarly publications include book chapters on constitutional law issues, as well as product liability. She has published research in such journals as the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, the Journal of Sport Management, the University of Miami Entertainment & Sports Law Review, and the Marquette Sports Law Review, among others. Specific research topics include the use of interest surveys in determining gender equity in intercollegiate athletics, issues surrounding gambling on sport, ethnicity discrimination relative to the use of Native American team names and logos, disclosure of information regarding the HIV-positive status of student-athletes, gender equity in coaching salaries, and the constitutionality of mass searches of sports spectators.
Preface
Part I Introductory Legal Concepts
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Managerial Law Approach
Chapter 2 Managerial Strategies to Minimize Liability
Chapter 3 The U.S. legal system and Legal Research
Part II Human Resource Management
Chapter 4 Employment Relations Issues
Chapter 5 Liability for Actions of Employees
Chapter 6 Hiring, Promotion, Termination, Compensation, and Leave
Chapter 7 Harassment and Employee Expression Issues
Chapter 8 Working Conditions
Chapter 9 Labor Relations/Collective Bargaining
Chapter 10 The Law of Agency and Athlete Agents
Part III Strategic Management and Governance
Chapter 11 Governance Issues in Professional Sport
Chapter 12 Governance Issues and Regulation of Participation in Olympic Sport
Chapter 13 Governance Issues in High School and College Athletics
Chapter 14 Regulation of Participation in Private Clubs and High School and College Athletics
Part IV Operations Management
Chapter 15 Participant Liability Issues
Chapter 16 Premises Liability and Sport Facility/Event Issues
Chapter 17 Use of Waivers and Exculpatory Clauses
Chapter 18 Participant Violence in Sport
Part V Marketing Management
Chapter 19 Development and Protection of Intellectual Property
Chapter 20 Promotional and Operational Issues in Marketing
Glossary
Index of Cases
Subject Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.10.2016 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-62989-8 / 1138629898 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-62989-9 / 9781138629899 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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