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Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Name: Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781803925288
Price: 3455.14 HKD
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Author: Sue Westwood; Nancy J. Knauer
ISBN: 9781803925288

Edited by Sue Westwood · Nancy J. Knauer

Edward Elgar Publishing August 2024

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ISBN-13: 9781803925288
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: August 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Editors of the volume, together with expert contributors from Australasia, Canada, Europe, UK, US, and elsewhere, adopt an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, society and ageing to improve understanding on key issues in these fields. Organised thematically, chapters examine issues such as law, ageing and human rights; specialist legal services for older people; work and pensions; access to justice; health and wellbeing; care and support. Written in an accessible style, the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing recognises diversity amongst older people and their various social contexts, showcasing debates on how these complexities should be addressed.

Broad in scope and including contributions from a wide range of social, legal, gerontological, health, social welfare and social work disciplines, this Research Handbook is invaluable for scholars and practitioners in law, health, and social care. Activists and those interested in advocating for the rights of older people will also find the wide-ranging topics to be highly informative.

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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing 1: Sue Westwood and Nancy J. Knauer; PART I. LAW, AGEING AND INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS; 2.
An international convention on the rights of older people? 12: Joan R. Harbison; 3.
The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons – a step towards an international convention on the rights of older people? 28: Angela Arenas Massa; 4.
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa 44: Rachel Murray; 5.
Age discrimination laws in the EU 61: Elaine Dewhurst; 6.
Older women’s rights in international law 77: Sue Westwood; PART II. SPECIALIST LEGAL SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE; 7.
The development of ‘elder law’ in the United States 95: Nancy J. Knauer; 8.
Elder Law: a critique and some suggestions 112: Ann Numhauser-Henning; 9.
The Association of Lifetime Lawyers (Formerly Solicitors for the Elderly): Its Origins, Development and Key Areas of Practice in Relation to Older People 125: Michael Culver and Lakshmi Turner; 10.
Legal implications of living to 100 and beyond 141: Anne L. Alstott; PART III. LAW, AGEING, SPACE AND PLACE; 11.
Equality issues relating to older people, transnational care and global care chains 156: Heli Askola and Loretta Baldassar; 12.
Older people and housing precarity: socio-legal perspectives 170: Caroline Hunter and Helen Carr; 13.
Long-term care facilities for older people: human rights concerns 187: Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green and Jill Manthorpe; 14.
Virtual spaces: ageism on social media – representations, reinforcement and resistance 200: Brad A. Meisner, Deanna Vervaecke and Matthew Le; 15.
Climate change, older people and the law 216: Liat Ayalon; PART IV. LAW, AGEING, WORK AND PENSIONS; 16.
Ageism as an institutional push factor for retirement: the need for cultural and organisational change 231: Martine Lagacé, Caroline D. Bergeron, Philippe Rodrigues-Rouleau and Marie Dominique Antoine; 17.
Gendered ageism and disablism and employment of older workers 247: Joanne Song Mclaughlin and David Neumark; 18.
Older women workers, the pandemic, employment discrimination and lifetime disadvantage 265: Susan Bisom-Rapp; 19.
Menopause discrimination at work: comparing the law in the United States and United Kingdom 281: Naomi Cahn, Bridget Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman; 20.
Older women and comparative pension inequalities in the UK and US 298: Athina Vlachantoni; PART V. LAW, AGEING AND JUSTICE; 21.
Older people and access to justice 311: Joe Duffy, Katherine C. Pearson and Subhajit Basu; 22.
Constructions of vulnerability in relation to older victims of crime 326: Kevin J. Brown and Faith Gordon; 23.
Sexual violence against older women 341: Laura Tarzia and Catherine Barrett; 24.
Intimate partner violence among older LGBTQ+ adults 357: Jennifer Hillman and Brenda Russell; 25.
Defining, understanding and preventing homicide-suicide among older adults 373: Laura M. Schwab-Reese and Amy A. Hunter; 26.
Older people in prison 388: Helen Codd; PART VI. LAW, AGEING, HEALTH AND WELLBEING; 27.
A global examination of law and the abuse of older people 403: Erica C.R. Costello; 28.
Older people, health inequality and the right to health 420: Barbara Mikołajczyk and Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska; 29.
Age-related dementia and the law: the challenges of mental capacity and equality 435: Alex Ruck Keene and Annabel Price; 30.
Older people and advance care planning 450: John Lombard; 31.
Older people and assisted dying 463: Barbara A. Reich; 32.
Older people and assistive technologies: a human rights approach 476: Belinda Bennett; PART VII. LAW, AGEING, CARE AND SUPPORT; 33.
Older people and filial support laws 489: Katherine C. Pearson; 34.
European Union law, care and ageing 504: Eugenia Caracciolo Di Torella and Annick Masselot; 35.
Older people, care concerns and an ethic of care 518: Sue Westwood and Lizzie Ward; 36.
Older people and human rights violations in relation to the COVID-19: pandemic: the role of ageism and the case of care homes 534; Sarah Donnelly and Alisoun Milne; 37.
Older LGBTQ+ people and the equality/human rights implications of inequalities in older age health/social care provision 549: Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Christine Cocker; 38.
Ethical issues in the use of robots for the care of older people 564: Amanda Sharkey and Noel Sharkey