"Preface" [2017] ELECD 476; in Numhauser-Henning, Ann (ed), "Elder Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) xii

Book Title: Elder Law

Editor(s): Numhauser-Henning, Ann

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785369087

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Preface
This book aims to introduce the area of elder law in a European setting
and, more specifically, how it has been understood and developed within
the Norma Elder Law Research Environment since the programme's
start. The Norma Elder Law Research Environment was founded at the
Law Faculty of Lund University, Sweden, in response to the increased
presence of `ageing concerns' detected in EU policies and EU law at the
turn of the millennium ­ developments that reflected growing concern
about demographical ageing and its consequences. Given the magnitude
of these concerns and their character of a long-term global challenge,
elder law as a notion ­ and even more so as a legal discipline ­ so far has
occupied a surprisingly modest position in the European context. In the
context of the Norma Elder Law Research Environment the studies cover
`everyday life' legal structures in terms of work, family, housing and
complementary welfare structures, factors which are all intrinsically
interrelated with each other and also with general societal developments.
The programme has focused on the structural implications of certain
legal and societal solutions related to ageing at the macro or institutional
level, and is characterized by its understanding of the elderly as a
contextualized concept, ultimately determined by the specific area and
problems concerned.
The contributors to this book include members of the Norma Elder
Law Research Environment as well as invited guests ­ well-known and
prestigious scholars as well as upcoming and promising young research-
ers. They have all worked ...