Recreation services
Subtitle: law and risk management
By: Nora Rock
Publisher: Emond Montgomery Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781552393161
Subjects: Recreation; Law and legislation; Loisirs; Droit
Description: "Recreation Services is a new and 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."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I Recreation and the Legal Context; title: Chapter 1 Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Recreation; title: Chapter 2 Legal Liability in Tort and Contract; title: Chapter 3 Legislation, Policy, Procedure, and Administration; title: Part II Risk Management: General Principles; title: Chapter 4 Risk Management I: Identifying and Reducing Risk; title: Chapter 5 Risk Management II: Communicating and Sharing Risk; title: Part III Tourism and Casual Recreation; title: Chapter 6 Management of Parks and Recreation Facilities; title: Chapter 7 Managing Recreation Programs; title: Chapter 8 Equipment and Products law; title: Chapter 9 Adventure Tourism and Other High-Risk Activities; title: Chapter 10 Recreation on Public Lands; title: Chapter 11 Recreation Spectators; title: Chapter 12 Violence in Sport.