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HTM 41100: Hospitality and Tourism Law
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Hospitality and Tourism Management
Stone Hall, Room 106
700 W. State Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2059

Phone: (765) 494-4643
Fax: (765) 494-0327
E-mail: htm@purdue.edu

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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.

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