SPAC 340 — SPORTS: LAW AND PRACTICE
African Studies · University of Ghana
This course examines some of the most common legal problems encountered both on and off the playing field. It will concentrate on practical issues and will be presented by legal practitioners, academics and professionals with rich experience in sports management and administration. Course Objective This course is intended to familiarize students with the important areas that provide the foundational principles that drive the outcome of most legal disputes arising in the sports industry. Course Content The Governance of Sports. Contractual relations in sports. Athlete employment contracts. The role of the agent in professional sports. Legal aspects of sports injuries. Sports marketing, sponsorship and ambush marketing. Appearance contracts. Constitutional and policy issues in sports. The legal regulations of doping. Alternative dispute resolution in sport. The legal regulation of sports Governing Bodies. Antitrust.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- LANG 001 — WRITING SKILLS I
- LANG 002 — WRITING SKILLS II
- LANG 003 — READING & COMPREHENSION SKILLS I
- LANG 004 — READING & COMPREHENSION SKILLS II
- LANG 005 — LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS I
- LANG 006 — LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS II
- LANG 007 — STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE I
- LANG 008 — STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE II
- LANG 009 — LITERATURE IN ENGLISH I
- LANG 012 — LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II
- SPAC 210 — BASIC ANATOMY
- SPAC 220 — SOCIOLOGY OF SPORTS
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).