Elder Law Review: Vol 12 (Part 1 & Part 2)

Guest Editorial

Margaret Isabel Hall "Editorial" [2019] Elder Law Review (PDF, 526.08 KB) (opens in a new window)

The author would like to thank and acknowledge the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics and the Macquarie University Faculty of Law as hosts of a 2018 workshop on the theme of relational autonomy, vulnerability and making it real.

Part 1

Refereed Articles

• People with Dementia and other Cognitive Disabilities: Relationally Vulnerable or a source of Agency and Care? - Terry Carney (PDF, 486.27 KB) (opens in a new window)
• Holding the Therapeutic State at Bay? Balancing Autonomy and Protection in Singapore's Vulnerable Adults Act - Wing-Cheong Chan (PDF, 365.36 KB) (opens in a new window)
• A Tale of Two Inquests: A Vulnerability Analysis of Coronial Inquests in Two Cases of Elder Neglect - Lise Barry (PDF, 471.93 KB) (opens in a new window)
• The Cognitive Mechanics of Elder Abuse - Jane Lonie (PDF, 534.25 KB) (opens in a new window)
• Examining Access to Formal Justice Mechanisms for Vulnerable Older People in the context of Enduring Powers of Attorney - Kelly Purser, Tina Cockburn, and Elizabeth Ulrick (PDF, 635.39 KB) (opens in a new window)
• Practising Social Citizenship in a context of Compromised Decision-Making Capacity: Realizing and Protecting Human Rights - Deborah O'Connor (PDF, 378.58 KB) (opens in a new window)
• Identifying Vulnerability: The Argument for Law Reform for Failed Family Accommodation Arrangements - Teresa Somes (PDF, 1107.98 KB) (opens in a new window)

Comments

• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (UK) - Lucy Series (PDF, 415.14 KB) (opens in a new window)
• Relational Autonomy and the Report of the Canadian Council of Academies on the State of Knowledge on Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying - Shane Landreville (PDF, 290.86 KB) (opens in a new window)

Part 2

Refereed Articles

• Legal Interventions to Protect Vulnerable Adults: Can Relational Autonomy Provide a New Way Forward? - Joan Braun (PDF, 271.26 KB) (opens in a new window)
• Exploring Relational (and remaining) Autonomy for People with Dementia - Hope Davidson PDF, 359.53 KB (opens in a new window)
• How Passivity is Detrimental to Public Action Favouring Senior Citizens: The Approach of the French State Looking for Solutions to Support Seniors' Well-Being - Aurelien Faderne PDF, 278.97 KB (opens in a new window)
• The Vulnerable Subject on Trial: Addressing Testimonial Injustice in the Rules of Evidence - Helene Love PDF, 244.82 KB (opens in a new window)

Reports

• Report from the Queen's Elder Law Clinic (QELC) at the Queen's University Faculty of Law, Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Holly Anderson, Student Caseworker and Law Student PDF, 97.6 KB (opens in a new window)
• Medical Assistance in Dying (MAid): Some Canadian Developments - Robert M Gordon PDF, 167.31 KB (opens in a new window)
• Tribunal Update: Compensation Where Loss Caused Actions of an Attorney Using a Power of Attorney - Anita Smith PDF, 97.16 KB (opens in a new Window)