Legal, economic and institutional aspects of physical and sport activities

ledph1048  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Legal, economic and institutional aspects of physical and sport activities
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Depré Sebastien; Louis Marc (coordinator); Zintz Thierry;
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
The main topics are: general principles of the public law and their application with the framework of sport activities, macro- and micro- economics of the physical and sport activities, structure and the functioning of the institutions involved in the organization of physical and sport activity.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 At the term of this teaching, the student will understand the legal and economic mechanisms as well as the structural and institutional aspects which underlie the organization of physical and sport activities.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The first part of the course concentrates on the legal aspects of sport. It provides students with an understanding of contracts and legal standards. The course includes also the study of the organization and governance of sport and sport businesses. Examination of sport delivery systems including sport through sport clubs systems and sport development in the Belgian and in an international context. Finally, it addresses issues of particular interest to the delivery of sport and recreation services. The course investigates contemporary administrative theory and practices with applications to the private, public, and not-for-profit sport and recreation organizations.
Teaching methods
Ex-cathedra lectures with exchanges
Evaluation methods
Pre-requisite Evaluation Written or oral examination Support books Supervision Others
Other information
Pre-requisite Evaluation Written or oral examination Support books Supervision Others
Online resources
See Moodle website of the course
Teaching materials
  • See Moodle website of the course / Voir Site Moodle du cours
  • See Moodle website of the course / Voir Site Moodle du cours
Faculty or entity
FSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Motor skills : General