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| Older Europeans and the European Court of Justice | | Author(s) | Israel Doron |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 42, no 5, September 2013 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, September 2013 |
| Pages | pp 604-608 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Rights [elderly] ; Law ; Law courts ; Europe. |
| Annotation | The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is considered to be the most important judicial institution of the European Union today. Despite the potential importance and relevance of ECJ rulings to the lives and rights of older Europeans, no research has attempted to analyse or to study the ECJ rulings in this field. The objective of the present study was to describe ECJ case law in the field of elder rights. Using a computerised search of the ECJ database between 1994 and 2010, 123 cases directly dealing with the legal rights of older people were analysed. On average, only 1-2% of the annual ECJ caseload were found to address the rights of older people. Unlike the clear trend in the increase of the total ECJ caseload, there was no similar trend of increase in the number of cases directly involving older people's rights. However in the majority of the elder-rights cases, the ECJ decision was in support of the older person's rights. The ECJ can potentially serve as an important protector of the rights of older Europeans, if and to the extent that these cases reach its jurisdiction. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130906208 A |
| Classmark | IKR: VR: VYL: 74 |
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