Focusing on legal issues in sport, this title delivers the information students need and sport management professionals require in order to navigate liability issues, protect the legal rights of their employees and athletes and manage legal risk in their professions. It guides readers through the major legal areas specific to the sport setting.

Offers an explanation of laws and legal issues in the health and fitness arena and presents risk management strategies to promote safer programs and environments. This text addresses many legal concerns related to emergency procedures, employment, equipment, and facility issues, pre-activity health screening, and fitness testing and prescription.

Covers a range of safety issues. This book aims to give the reader an understanding of important safety issues in the field. This is a reference for administrators and managers in charge of safety in a range of sport and recreation settings, and a textbook for students studying Sport Management.