Legal, economic and institutional aspects of physical and sport activities

Teacher(s)

Depré Sebastien; Lefebvre Arthur;

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.

Learning outcomes

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.

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. It examines the sport system and the major sport organizations 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

Written Evaluation
Support slides and portfolio
Supervision by the three Lecturers

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