Numhauser-Henning, Ann --- "Elder Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) [2017] ELECD 472

Editor(s): Numhauser-Henning, Ann

Title: Elder Law

Sub-title: Evolving European Perspectives

Topics: European Law; Health Law; Human Rights; Labour, Employment Law; Law and Society; Ageing; Welfare States

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 24 February 2017

Number of pages: 432

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785369087

EISBN: 9781785369094

Abstract/Description:

Population ageing 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.

Providing a deepened understanding of population ageing in terms of vulnerability, intergenerational conflict and solidarity, expert contributors highlight the necessity for a contextualized ageing concept. As well as offering a comparative analysis of active ageing policies across the EU, this book examines a range of topics including age discrimination in employment and the freedom of movement of EU citizens from the ageing individual’s point of view. It also goes on to describe elder care developments, discussing the ageing individual’s autonomy in relation to both traditional inheritance rights and growing instances of dementia.

Timely and engaging, this book will appeal to academic scholars and students in relevant areas of law as well as those studying across the social sciences. Exploring a broad range of socio-legal issues in relation to demographic ageing, it will also inform legal practitioners and policymakers alike.