Law Through the Life Course / / Jonathan Herring.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Herring, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.) :; 4 Black and White
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Table of Cases --; Table of Legislation --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Life Course Theory --; The Fetus --; Childhood --; Adulthood --; Old Age --; Death --; Family Law --; Mental Capacity --; Conclusion --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781529204674; 9783111196756
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jonathan Herring.

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 the person 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.