20 Credit Modules

Module title:	Sports Law
SCQF level:	10:
SCQF credit value:	20.00
ECTS credit value:	10
Module code:	LAW10105
Module leader:	MR JAMES MCDOUGALL
School	Accounting Financial Services and Law
Subject area group:	Law

Prerequisites

Learning equivalent would be:
LW12002; LAW07102
Contract Law/Obligations 1
Module consisting substantially of contract law or Delict at SCQF level 7 or above.

Timetables

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2013/4, Trimester 2, Face-to-Face, Napier University

Occurrence:	002
Primary mode of delivery:	Face-to-Face
Location of delivery:	NAPIER
Member of staff responsible for delivering module:	MR JAMES MCDOUGALL
Module Organiser:

Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach:

Learning and teaching methods
LO 1-4
Classes will primarily be seminar based. Students will receive an introductory lecture on the given topic and will be provided with a reading list for the following week's seminar. Students will be encouraged to lead seminar discussions. Video clips will be used to show examples of sporting issues which are affected by law. At least one guest speaker will take one of the seminars.

Assessment (formative and summative)
LO 1-4

Students will be assessed on an oral presentation and will also submit a supporting paper. An examination will require students to analyse aspects of the relationshp between sport and law.

Embedding of employability/PDP/scholarship skills
LO 2-4

The oral presentation will give students experience of oral communication in a pressurised environment. The seminars will enhance the ability to critically evaluate and argue logically.

Research/teaching linkages
LO 2,3
In preparation for seminars and assessments, students will be encouraged and expected to use research skills using textbooks, journal articles and online resources. Feedback from presentations will further enhance their research skills.
Supporting equality and diversity
LO1,4
All materials are on webct to enable a diverse student group equal access to the materials
Students are required to study the law of discrimination applied to sport.
Internationalisation
LO1,2
Students will be encouraged to adopt a comparative approach to sports law issues.

Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activity	Learning & Teaching Activity	NESH (Study Hours)
FACE TO FACE	Tutorial / Seminar / Class Groupwork	36
Independent Learning	Individual Learning Activities	162
	Formal Exam	2
	Total Study Hours	200
	Expected Total Study Hours for Module	200

Assessment
Type of Assessment	Weighting %	LOs covered	Week due	Length in Hours/Words
Oral Presentation	25	1-4	8/9	HOURS= 0.15
Essay	25	1-4	11	WORDS= 2000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination	50	1-3	14/15	HOURS= 2
Component 1 subtotal:	50
Component 2 subtotal:	50
Module subtotal:	100

What you will learn and what this module is about:

You will learn about the increasingly important relationship between sport and the law. This will involve study of the following areas: key institutions such as the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti Doping Agency and FIFA ; the extent to which the law has been successful in tackling match fixing and drug use in sport; the relationship between on field violence and criminal law; civil liability on the sports field; discrimination law and sport; the impact of EC law on player transfers, selection of teams and sports broadcasting; the human rights of football hooligans.

Description of module content:

The module will examine definitions of sport and sports law. There will be an analysis of state regulation of sport (in the UK and overseas) and of the key institutions in sport both domestically and internationally. There will also be analysis and critical evaluation of the following topics: appropriate responses to the relationship between match fixing and gambling; alternative methods of dealing with drug use in sport; the role of criminal and civil law in dealing with sports violence and injuries; the extent to which general principles of discrimination law apply to sport; the impact of EC law on sport in relation to player transfers, selection of teams and sports broadcasting; legal responses to football hooliganism.

Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the interaction between sport and law.
LO2: Critically evaluate the effectiveness of law in dealing with problems in sport.
LO3: Undertake independent research with minimal supervision, using a variety of legal sources.
LO4: Develop written and oral communication skills.

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:

T1: Gardiner, S., et al, Sports Law (third edition) Cavendish Publishing 2006
T2: Lewis, A. and Taylor, J. Sport: Law and Practice Butterworths 2001
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