ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|24 pages

An Overview of Aquatic Law

chapter 5|26 pages

Swimming Pool and Spa Safety

chapter 10|14 pages

Past Its Prime

The 1920 Death on the High Seas Act

chapter 12|12 pages

The Psychological Evaluation

Trauma Caused by a Serious Aquatic Injury or Fatal Drowning