PESS 308: INTRODUCTION TO SPORT LAW AND ETHICS
Credits:
3
This course examines the increasing array of legal issues that sport authorities have to deal with and the basic laws that govern the structure of sporting organisations. It will also discuss the concept of equal opportunity and anti-discriminatory legislation in sport participation. Topics include basic law structures; issues arising from commercialization of sport; international sport law and labour migration; ethical behaviour; ethics of doping; code of ethics and moral behaviour and moral philosophy that governs behaviour.