Research Catalog

Title

Youth sport and the law : a guide to legal issues / written by Tom Appenzeller ; edited by Herb Appenzeller.

Author

Appenzeller, Thomas.

Publication

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors

Appenzeller, Herb

Description

x, 206 p. : ill., forms; 23 cm.

Summary

"Youth Sport and the Law uses various court cases to illustrate the legal principles associated with sport participation. Written in an easy-to-understand style, the book also features articles and human interest stories about people in youth sport at the end of each chapter. The author - a practitioner, teacher, coach, and youth sport parent - wrote the book with the object of providing a better and safer sporting experience for all participants in today's youth sport."--Jacket.

Subject

• Sports > Law and legislation > United States
• Sports injuries in children > Law and legislation > United States
• Liability for sports accidents > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The origin of youth sport -- Litigation in youth sport -- Injuries to participants -- Injuries caused by participants -- Injuries to spectators -- Coaches in youth sport -- Facilities -- Gender issues -- Persons with disabilities -- Organizations and administration -- Sexual abuse in youth sport -- Sports medicine -- Observations and recommendations -- Appendix A: Employee/volunteer application form -- Appendix B: Athletic training kit checklist -- Appendix C: Sample accident/injury report -- Appendix D: Emergency contact information -- Appendix E: Parent's insurance authorization -- Appendix F: Parental medical consent form -- Appendix G: Statement of risk -- Appendix H: Sample equipment and facility inspection checklist.

ISBN

0890896631

LCCN

^^^99088424^

OCLC

42960505

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Harvard Library