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SM 475: Legal Aspects of Sport

Health, Exercise Sci & Recreation Mgmt

This course studies the U.S. legal system, its structure, and terminology. Legal aspects of contract law, statutory law, constitutional law, intellectual property, torts, negligence, and risk management in sport will be examined. Managerial analysis, decision making, and analyzing case law will be reviewed.

This course is cross-listed with SRA 475 and credit cannot be received for both courses.

3 Credits

Cross-listed Courses

Subject Areas

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