1st Edition

Exploring Sport and Leisure Disasters A Socio-Legal Perspective

By Hazel J. Hartley Copyright 2001
442 Pages
by Routledge

442 Pages
by Routledge

442 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2001. This book provides a socio-legal analysis of disasters by setting out two sport and leisure disasters (the 1989 Hillsborough and Marchioness disasters) and considering them in their broader legal/political/economic and policy contexts. It bases the analysis on in-depth examinations of the legal responses to these disasters. The foundations for the case studies are laid by... Read more

Foreword;  Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  1. Disasters – Conceptions and Concepts  2. Liberal Democracy, the State and the Rule of Law  3. Strength in Numbers? Mass Actions in Nervous Shock  4. Safe in Their Hands? Criminal Liability: Breaches of Statutory Duties and Corporate Reckless Manslaughter  5. Two Versions of an Inquisition: Inquests and Public Inquiries into Individual and Mass Deaths  6. Case Study One: The 1989 Hillsborough Football Stadium Disaster  7. Case Study Two: The 1989 Marchioness Disaster  8. Critical Evaluation and Conclusions;  Appendices;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Hazel J. Hartley