Elderly Care and Upwards Solidarity: Historical, Sociological and Legal Perspectives

Author: Elisabeth Alofs; Wendy Schrama
Publisher: Intersentia Publishers
ISBN: 9781780689609
Published In: July 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The ageing population poses a huge challenge to law and society with important structural and institutional implications. This book portrays elder law as an emerging research area and brings together authors from different disciplines (sociology, history and law) and from different legal jurisdictions (Belgium, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain). Topics discussed inter alia include: the recognition of informal care in private law and in inheritance law, the question of whether special consumer protection is needed for the elderly, the old institution of intergenerational support duty between children and their parents is considered in a new lights, and public law offering options to support informal care by means of leaves for employees. In doing so, this book reflects on the allocation of responsibilities between different actors and answers questions at an institutional level: what is the role of the state, the family and the individual in taking care of elderly?

This book will appeal to academic scholars and postgraduate students of law and social sciences.

Elisabeth Alofs is Professor of Family (Property) Law and Director of the Master of Laws in Notarial Studies at the Free University of Brussels. She is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp and is Vice President of the Flemish Association of Lawyers. Elisabeth publishes on family law and social security law and is an editor of several law journals and book series.

Introduction

Elisabeth Alofs, Wendy Schrama

Part I. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an Ageing Society and Caring for the Elderly

Historical Perspectives on Ageing: 'Old People and Things that Pass'

Sociological Perspectives on Changing Family Constellations and Intergenerational Support in Ageing Societies

Part II. Legal Perspectives on Elderly Care

The Recognition of Informal Care in English Private Law

Maintenance Law and Elderly Care in Western Societies

The Recognition of Care Services in Austrian Inheritance Law

Protecting the Elderly in German and French Tort and Consumer Law

Elderly Protection Measures in Belgium

Long-Term Care Policies and Statutory Care Leaves for Employees in Dutch and German Law