Elder law : evolving european perspectives / edited by Ann Numhauser-Henning.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Numhauser-Henning, Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Legal status, laws, etc--European Union countries.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The ageing population poses a huge challenge to law and society, carrying important structural and institutional implications. This book portrays elder law as an emerging research discipline in the European setting in terms of both conceptual and theoretical perspectives as well as elements of the law.

Contents:

Introduction / Ann Numhauser-Henning

Demographic developments and economic challenges in an ageing Europe / Kirk Scott

Dignity, disadvantage, and age: putting constitutional and fundamental rights to work for older workers / Judy Fudge

The elder law individual versus societal dichotomy

a European perspective / Ann Numhauser-Henning

Vulnerability and ageing / Titti Mattsson and Mirjam Katzin

Intergenerational aspects of elder law : conflict, solidarity

or ambivalence / Jenny Julâen Votinius and Mia Rèonnmar

Equal treatment and age-discrimination

inside and outside working life / Ann Numhauser-Henning, Jenny Julâen Votinius and Ania Zbyszewska

The rationales of government action on ageing and the extension of working lives / Alysia Blackham, Miriam Kullmann, Hanna Pettersson and Ania Zbyszewska

Employment protection and older workers / Mia Rèonnmar, Miriam Kullmann, Ann Numhauser-Henning and Carin Ulander-Wanman

Prolonged working life and flexible retirement in public and occupational pension schemes / Andreas Inghammar, Cécile Brokelind and Per Norberg

Migrant pensioners

taxation and healthcare issues in the EU / Cécile Brokelind and Martina Axmin

Legal approaches to private and public responsibilities for elder care / Hanna Pettersson and Mirjam Katzin

Perspectives on solidarity in social security, healthcare, and medical research / Titti Mattsson, Martina Axmin and Emma Holm

New legal conflicts in an old legal context : the law of inheritance and its challenges in the twenty-first century in the perspective of the ageing individual / Elsa Trolle Onnerfors

Dementia and autonomy / Eva Ryrstedt

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

1-78536-909-1

OCLC:

974008557