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25 Years of Elder Law: An Integrative and Historical Account of the Field of Law and Aging

  • Israel Doron

Abstract

Twenty-five years have passed since my first exposure to the field of “elder law.” From a “young” master’s student I have become a law professor and a gerontologist who specializes in law and aging. The journey I have personally experienced in the last quarter-century provided me with some perspective regarding the field of elder law (or, as I prefer to call it, law and aging).

In this Article, I try to summarize my experience and share some personal insights on the field. This is naturally a very personal and subjective experience. However, it may be constructive to others in shaping the next twenty-five years of the field. Hence, the goal of this Article is to provide both an integrative description of the developments in the field and some propositions for possible future directions.


* Prof. Israel Issi Doron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Gerontology, and the Head of the Center for Aging Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.

** I would like to thank the reviewers of my article, and especially Prof. Ariela Lowenstein, for their constructive comments and feedback on the original draft of this paper.

Cite as: Israel (Issi) Doron, 25 Years of Elder Law: An Integrative and Historical Account of the Field of Law and Aging, 21 THEORETICAL INQUIRIES L. 1 (2020).


Published Online: 2020-02-26
Published in Print: 2020-02-26

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