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Course Description
Rights and duties of innkeepers, food operators and tourism organizations. Topics include civil rights, contracts, and negotiable instruments.
Pre-requisite
Hospitality and Tourism Management majors only; and HTM 21200.
Course Objectives
- To obtain a broad understanding of the legal fundamentals of hospitality law.
- To increase in knowledge and understanding of basic court procedures, civil rights issues and contract law.
- To increase the knowledge and understanding of the legal principles relevant to negligence and the many cases that define the scope of obligations and liability.
- To explore, develop and understand legal relationships with guests and other patrons.
- To explore, develop and understand special topics within hospitality law, including food and alcohol liability, travel agent relationships, employment issues, franchising, copyright and trademarks, licensing and casino law.
Course Topics
- Introduction to Hospitality Law
- Legal Procedures
- Civil Rights
- Contract Law
- Principles of Negligence
- Negligence and Hospitality Practices
- Guests and Other Patrons
- Protecting Patrons' Property
- Rights of Innkeepers
- Timeshare Law
- Guests' Rights
- Liability and the Sale of Food & Alcohol
- The Travel Agent and the Airlines
- Employment Law
- Regulation and Licensing
- The Developing Laws of Casinos
Textbook
Visit the HTM Undergraduate Courses Textbooks page to check information on the required textbook for this course.
Instructor Information
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