Principles and Practices of Aquatic Law
presents the best practices and principles related to aquatic law and risk management. Its focus is injury and death occurring in aquatic environments including the ocean, pools, water parks, canals, rivers, lakes, dams, etc. It discusses the importance of aquatic risk management as it relates to aquatic accident prevention and the concept of duty and liability for a facility’s management and staff. It also presents updated and relevant information about beach safety and the importance of hazard identification, warning, and elimination, and provides information for attorneys relating to the process of developing liability theories involving serious aquatic accidents and death.
Features
Presents a comprehensive resource on the applied practices and principles of aquatic law.
Provides information for attorneys for the process of developing liability theories involving serious aquatic accidents and death.
Presents updated and relevant information about beach safety and the importance of hazard identification, warning, and elimination.
Discusses water-borne contaminants such as cryptosporidium and flesh-eating bacteria.
Presents comprehensive public safety and beach management strategies: rip current prediction and monitoring, coastal engineering, drowning and rescue statistics, etc.