Principles and Cases of Tourism Law (Selected and Translated Excerpts on Tourism Service Management): Selected and Translated Excerpts on Tourism Service Management

Author: Posti et al
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Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is suitable as a textbook for tourism major students. The courses they will study may involve legal aspects of the tourism service industry, including hotel management, food safety, package holidays, and travel agencies. Considering that tourism students may have limited knowledge of law, this book provides extensive introductory material on the legal systems of England and Scotland in Chapter 1. The content of this book not only covers common laws in the tourism service industry, such as contracts, agency, and torts (see Chapter 2), forms of business organization (Chapter 3), product liability (Chapter 4), criminal liability (Chapter 5), employment relationships (Chapter 6), discrimination issues (Chapter 7), and planning and environmental law (Chapter 8), but also includes laws specific to the tourism service industry, such as the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of hotel operators (Chapter 9), food safety (Chapter 10), alcohol licensing (Chapter 11), and package holidays (Chapter 12). Due to space constraints, this book does not cover laws such as property law. It is recommended that readers refer to relevant articles. It is hoped that this book will also benefit those working in the tourism service industry. This book is also suitable as a textbook for use in southern and northern England. The differences between English and Scottish laws are specially explained throughout the book. All the authors are Scottish legal scholars and practicing lawyers. For them, writing this book with England's law as the main focus was an interesting experience. The book cites as many cases as possible that have occurred in the tourism service industry to explain general legal principles regarding contracts, torts, employment relationships, and planning law. The laws included in this book were enacted before December 31, 1997. Readers should note that there have been many constructive developments in British law that affect the tourism service industry in various ways. These developments include legislative acts in Scotland and Wales, as well as legislation to transpose the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law. For fundamental legislative developments, even bills being passed by Parliament at the time of writing this book, if they may have some impact on the tourism service industry, the book will mention relevant content. Recently, legislation on freedom of information is expected to be introduced in the UK, which will also affect the tourism service industry, for example, information on food safety was previously controlled by the government. This book is the first comprehensive textbook in the UK to introduce the legal system of British tourism, filling the gap in reference materials for the legal system in the tourism service industry. It is also the first practical work to introduce various legal regulations in the Western tourism service industry, with contributors including not only university professors but also licensed lawyers. Although the UK and China belong to different legal systems, there are significant differences between the two countries in terms of the guiding principles of tourism legislation, legislative procedures, and the forms of laws and regulations. However, the experience of drafting and applying statutes in the UK is highly relevant for China to improve its laws and regulations related to the tourism service industry. Target Audience: Students and faculty of tourism majors, as well as tourism industry professionals.