School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Sport and Leisure Law
  • Unit Code

    SPM3113
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ruth Diana SIBSON

Description

This unit introduces students to legal concepts and processes and prepares them to identify and analyse a range of core legal problems of relevance to sport and leisure management. This preparation will allow students to conduct their affairs and professional dealings with due diligence in light of the legal obligations and requirements relevant to their sport and leisure activities.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed a minimum of 180 credit points.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPM5600

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the general legal principles relating to sport and leisure to a dispute resolution situation.
  2. Assess and apply the common law and legislation and subordinate regulations that affect management practices in the sport and leisure industries.
  3. Assess legal obligations and responsibilities of a professional employed in the sport and leisure industries.
  4. Develop a general understanding of the relevant legal processes surrounding sport and leisure law.

Unit Content

  1. Anti doping/drug testing/betting and match fixing.
  2. Contract law and sport.
  3. Criminal law and sport.
  4. Discrimination and law.
  5. Industrial relations & sport.
  6. Legal issues in sports marketing.
  7. Liquor and Gaming.
  8. Negligence in sport.
  9. Protection of an athlete's reputation and alternative dispute resolution.
  10. Restraint of trade.
  11. Risk management and insurance.
  12. The conduct of sporting tribunals.
  13. The legal nature of sports organisations and the court system.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly on-campus seminars. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions, particularly of legal case studies, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team working, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively and critical appraisal (problem-solving and decision-making) are emphasised.

This unit also provides for engaged teaching and learning where the lecturer, through current professional industry experiences, and guest lecturers from legal organisations pertinent to the sport, recreation and event industry provide information and networking opportunities for students.

Students are required to complete individual assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including written communication (structure, language and conventions), critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), and depth and breadth of coverage and ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Legal Case Study Assignment30%
AssignmentIndividual 'Brief' for Legal Advice30%
ExaminationExamination40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Thorpe, D., Buti, A., Davies, C., Fridman, S., & Jonson, P. (2013). Sports law (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Sport and Leisure Law
  • Unit Code

    SPM3113
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ruth Diana SIBSON

Description

This unit introduces students to legal concepts and processes and prepares them to identify and analyse a range of core legal problems of relevance to sport and leisure management. This preparation will allow students to conduct their affairs and professional dealings with due diligence in light of the legal obligations and requirements relevant to their sport and leisure activities.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed a minimum of 180 credit points.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPM5600

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the general legal principles relating to sport and leisure to a dispute resolution situation.
  2. Assess and apply the common law and legislation and subordinate regulations that affect management practices in the sport and leisure industries.
  3. Assess legal obligations and responsibilities of a professional employed in the sport and leisure industries.
  4. Develop a general understanding of the relevant legal processes surrounding sport and leisure law.

Unit Content

  1. Anti doping/drug testing/betting and match fixing.
  2. Contract law and sport.
  3. Criminal law and sport.
  4. Discrimination and law.
  5. Industrial relations & sport.
  6. Legal issues in sports marketing.
  7. Liquor and Gaming.
  8. Negligence in sport.
  9. Protection of an athlete's reputation and alternative dispute resolution.
  10. Restraint of trade.
  11. Risk management and insurance.
  12. The conduct of sporting tribunals.
  13. The legal nature of sports organisations and the court system.

Additional Learning Experience Information

The mode of delivery for this unit is through weekly on-campus seminars. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions, particularly of legal case studies, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team working, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), communicating effectively and critical appraisal (problem-solving and decision-making) are emphasised.

This unit also provides for engaged teaching and learning where the lecturer, through current professional industry experiences, and guest lecturers from legal organisations pertinent to the sport, recreation and event industry provide information and networking opportunities for students.

Students are required to complete individual assessment items which are assessed for quality academic and professional standards, including written communication (structure, language and conventions), critical analysis (depth of thought, development of argument, logical analysis and insight), and depth and breadth of coverage and ability to research effectively using both academic and contemporary sources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIndividual Legal Case Study Assignment30%
AssignmentIndividual 'Brief' for Legal Advice30%
ExaminationExamination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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