Exploring sport and leisure disasters : a socio-legal perspective /
Hartley, Hazel J.
Exploring sport and leisure disasters : a socio-legal perspective / - London : Cavendish Pub., 2001. - xxiv, 414 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-387) and index.
Disasters: conceptions and context -- Liberal democracy, the state, and the rule of law -- Strength in numbers? Mass actions in nervous shock -- Safe in their hands? Criminal liability: breaches of statutory duties and corporate reckless manslaughter -- Two versions of an inquisition: inquests and public inquiries into individual and mass deaths -- Case study one: the 1989 Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster -- Case study two: the 1989 Marchioness disaster -- Critical evaluation and conclusions.
1859416500 9781859416501: £44.00
Marchioness (Ship)
Disasters--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Recreation--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Liability for sports accidents--Great Britain.
Disasters--Great Britain--Case studies.
Hillsborough Stadium Disaster, Sheffield, England, 1989.
Boating accidents--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Disasters--Social aspects--Great Britain.
344.410534 / HAR
Exploring sport and leisure disasters : a socio-legal perspective / - London : Cavendish Pub., 2001. - xxiv, 414 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-387) and index.
Disasters: conceptions and context -- Liberal democracy, the state, and the rule of law -- Strength in numbers? Mass actions in nervous shock -- Safe in their hands? Criminal liability: breaches of statutory duties and corporate reckless manslaughter -- Two versions of an inquisition: inquests and public inquiries into individual and mass deaths -- Case study one: the 1989 Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster -- Case study two: the 1989 Marchioness disaster -- Critical evaluation and conclusions.
1859416500 9781859416501: £44.00
Marchioness (Ship)
Disasters--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Recreation--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Liability for sports accidents--Great Britain.
Disasters--Great Britain--Case studies.
Hillsborough Stadium Disaster, Sheffield, England, 1989.
Boating accidents--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Disasters--Social aspects--Great Britain.
344.410534 / HAR