Doron Israel, Lowenstein Ariela, Biggs Simon
1 University of Haifa, Israel.
2 University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
J Appl Gerontol. 2017 Mar;36(3):277-295. doi: 10.1177/0733464815581480. Epub 2016 Jul 9.
In any aging society, the sociolegal construction of intergenerational relationships is of great importance. This study conducts an international comparison of a specific judicial issue: whether active labor unions have the legal right to strike for the purpose of improving the benefits given to nonactive workers (specifically, pensioners).
A comparative case law methodology was used. The texts of three different Supreme Court cases-in the United States, Canada, and Israel-were analyzed and compared.
Despite the different legal outcomes, all three court rulings reflect a disregard of known and relevant social gerontology theories of intergenerational relationships.
Social gerontological theories can play an important role in both understanding and shaping judicial policies and assisting the courts in choosing their sociojudicial narratives.
在任何老龄化社会中，代际关系的社会法律构建都至关重要。本研究对一个特定司法问题进行了国际比较：活跃的工会是否拥有为提高非在职员工（具体指退休人员）福利而罢工的合法权利。
采用了比较判例法方法。对美国、加拿大和以色列三个不同最高法院案件的文本进行了分析和比较。
尽管法律结果不同，但所有三项法院裁决都反映出对代际关系中已知且相关的社会老年学理论的忽视。
社会老年学理论在理解和塑造司法政策以及协助法院选择其社会司法叙事方面都可以发挥重要作用。
