Publishing with Purpose
Law Through the Life Course
By Jonathan Herring
Published
3 May 2021Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1529204681Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressClick to order from North America, Canada and South America
Published
3 May 2021Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1529204667Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressClick to order from North America, Canada and South America
Published
3 May 2021Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1529204698Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressClick to order from North America, Canada and South America
Law Through the Life Course
Court decisions are typically seen as one-off interventions relating to an incident in a person’s life, but a legal decision can impact on the person as they were and who they will become.
This book is the first to explore the interactions of the law with the life course in order to understand the complex life journey as a whole. Jonathan Herring reveals how the law privileges “middle age” to the detriment of the whole life story and explains why an understanding of the life course is important for lawyers.
Relevant to those working in family law, elder law, medical law and ethics, jurisprudence, gender and the law, it will promote new thinking by exploring the engagement of the law with the life course of the self.
“A rich, critical and interdisciplinary exploration of the various legal frameworks which shape, reflect and affect different stages of the life course” Beverley Clough, University of Leeds
Jonathan Herring is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Oxford. He researches and teaches on a range of law areas including Family Law, Criminal Law, Medical Law, Elder Law, Care Law, and Law and Vulnerability. He is the author of several best-selling law textbooks in these areas as well as a number of other books and articles. He is an editor for the Child and Family Law Quarterly.
Introduction
Life Course Theory
The Fetus
Childhood
Adulthood
Old Age
Death
Family Law
Mental Capacity
Conclusion
