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"Righting" wrongs for the aged — a Bill of Rights?
Author(s)	T Carney
Journal title	Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 16, no 2,, 1997
Pages	pp 73-78
Keywords	Rights [elderly] ; Australia.
Annotation	Opinion is divided about the extent to which the interests of older people are amenable to rights strategies. This article argues that they have a limited contribution, and that universal statements of rights are preferable. The most fundamental difficulty with rights based approaches is their lack of power in dealing with resourcing, service delivery and other structural issues which underpin disadvantage experienced by some older people. This is compounded in a federal system of government, with its rationale of preventing concentration of governmental power. This is not to deny the need for case-by-case remedies of injustice, or the symbolic and educative role of the law. An inclusive Australian Bill of Rights would advance this agenda as effectively as any measure. But it is neither a panacea nor necessarily the top agenda item.
Accession Number	CPA-971014237 A
Classmark	IKR: 7YA
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