Welcome to Elder Law Australia

The Elder Law Review is an independent refereed e-journal produced by Elder Law at UWS. It is the only Australian journal concerned with Elder Law. The Review publishes articles about legal issues relating to seniors in all areas of law, including wills, powers of attorney, substitute decision-making, guardianship, discrimination, accommodation, contracts, financial management, retirement income, taxation and property.


The Review is multi-disciplinary, bringing together professionals working, researching and writing in the aged care area.  It is designed to be of interest to academics, practitioners and those involved in the provision of aged care. 


The Review aims to:

  • raise the profile of Elder Law within the Australian community;
  • provide a forum for discussion and debate about legal issues relating to Australian seniors;
  • keep readers abreast of recent developments in Elder Law; 
  • emphasize the importance of providing adequate legal  protection to the most vulnerable members of the community;
  • examine the aged care sector in the broader context of human rights; and 
  • subject the actions of government and industry to scrutiny and analysis.

Can be found here.

News

Call for Submissions for Elder Law Review Volume 5

Posted by Carolyn at August 22nd, 2007

Submissions are now called  for Volume 5 of the Elder Law Review.  The theme for this volume will be undue influence.  The guest editor is Professor Margaret Hall, University of British Columbia,  Faculty of Law.  The closing date for submissions is 1 December 2007.

Original, unpublished contributions are invited for any of the following sections of the Review:

  • The Comments section, which consists of contributions from government, lawyers and aged care representatives, commenting on issues which the contributor perceives to be of contemporary significance.
  • News and Current Issues.
  • Elder Law in Practice which profiles legal practices, community projects, social justice initiatives and pro-bono schemes from all over the world that specifically target the legal needs of older people.
  • The Articles section, containing international refereed scholarly articles about topical issues in elder law. We will consider articles of any length, but prefer them to be between 2000 and 8000 words.

Contributors are reminded that papers should be written in clear language accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike.

Papers must conform to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation which can be accessed at http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/mulr/.

In particular, contributors should note the conventions regarding footnotes and bibliographies.

For further information please contact Professor Margaret Hall at hall@law.ubc.ca

The Elder Law Review is a refereed journal. Submissions to the Article section are subject to peer review. Publication cannot be guaranteed.

 

    Editorial Board

  • Professor Helen Bartlett
    Director, Australasian Centre on Ageing, University of Queensland
  • Professor Terry Carney
    Director of Research, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • Emeritus Professor Sol Encel,
    Honorary Research Associate, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
  • Ass. Professor Margaret Hall
    Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
  • Professor Rebecca Morgan
    Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law
    Director, Center for Excellence in Elder Law, Stetson University College of Law
  • Dr Diana Olsberg
    Director of the Research Centre on Ageing and Retirement, University of New South Wales
  • Mr Nick O'Neill
    former President of the Guardianship Tribunal New South Wales
  • Ms Laura Watts
  • Program Director, Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies

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    Upcoming seminars/ conferences

    Posted by Carolyn at August 20th, 2007

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    Sue Field will be presenting a paper on security of tenure for care recipients at Aged and Community Services of NSW & ACT on Tuesday 23rd October 2007

     Sue Field has been invited to present at the Annual United Protestants Association conference at Port Stephens on 25th October 2007. The title of her presentation will be "Legal Issues affecting aged care providers"

    Sue Field has been invited to present a paper at the 3rd Canadian Centre for Elder Law Conference to be held in Vancouver in November 9th and 10th 2007. Details of the conference can be found at www.ccels.ca/

    Sue Field is also presenting a paper on Legal Issues and Elder Abuse at the Financial Review's 3rd Annual Australia's Ageing Population Summit on Tuesday 28th August 2007. 

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