Doron Israel
Department of Gerontology, Haifa University, 31905 Haifa, Israel.
Eur J Ageing. 2006 Feb 16;3(1):60-66. doi: 10.1007/s10433-006-0019-z. eCollection 2006 Mar.
In the last two decades, Elder Law has developed into a known and recognized field of expertise and specialization within the legal discipline. However, due to the relatively young history of this new field of law, very few attempts have been made to analyze the ways in which it has developed in the past and the directions in which it should develop in the future. Furthermore, within gerontology, Elder Law has received much less attention or recognition. Existing literature in the field of Elder Law provides a broad and rich analysis of current developments from a positivist approach, through feminist and therapeutic approaches, up to "law and economics" approach-all attempt to implement known legal theories to the gerontological experience. This article argues that exploring the future development of Elder Law beyond existing trends reveals three new frontiers. These future frontiers of Elder Law are (1) the international Elder Law arena; (2) the municipal Elder Law arena; and finally (3) the jurisprudential gerontology arena. Realizing that Elder Law should continue to develop in new and diverse directions will determine its future ability to contribute to gerontology and influence the lives of the older population.
在过去二十年里，老年法已发展成为法律学科中一个广为人知且得到认可的专业领域。然而，由于这一新兴法律领域的历史相对较短，很少有人尝试分析其过去的发展方式以及未来应朝哪些方向发展。此外，在老年学领域，老年法受到的关注和认可要少得多。老年法领域的现有文献从实证主义方法、女权主义和治疗方法，一直到“法律与经济学”方法，对当前的发展进行了广泛而丰富的分析——所有这些方法都试图将已知的法律理论应用于老年学经验。本文认为，探索老年法超越现有趋势的未来发展揭示了三个新的前沿领域。老年法的这些未来前沿领域包括：（1）国际老年法领域；（2）城市老年法领域；最后是（3）法理学老年学领域。认识到老年法应继续朝着新的、多样化的方向发展，将决定其未来为老年学做出贡献并影响老年人群生活的能力。
