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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers |
Charlotte Blattner (charlotte.blattner@unibas.ch)
Janine Dumont (janine.dumont@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Thanks to new achievements of science and health care, modern societies have greatly improved average working conditions and thereby extended people’s average life spans. The promise of a healthy and long live, together with an increasing prosperity of people was the consequence of this achievement and led to fewer births among those privileged people. Correlation between age, reliable health care and declining population growth is not solely a Western phenomenon but a development that is now observed on a global scale. This seminar examines the most important legal questions that arise when societies age or lack an opportunity to age. Students may choose among numerous topics (or develop their own topic) that examine the legal dimensions of e.g., intergenerational equity, age as a form of disability, age and nutrition, age and autonomy (legal capacity, driver’s licence, etc.) discrimination of older workers or tenants, reverse discrimination of young people in politics, age and illnesses of old age, age and assisted suicide or age and the growing challenges of technology. Students are invited to approach this topic from a Swiss, European, or international law perspective and may apply a comparative approach. |
| Learning objectives | This seminar is intended to promote and strengthen participants’ ability to critically assess the global dimensions of aging. The seminar exposes students to some of the academic dimensions of legal writing. Students will work independently to develop their own topic and are encouraged to apply a comparative approach if that meets their interests. |
| Bibliography | (Selection) Please do not buy any literature before the introductory session! Fountoulakis, C., Köbrich, T., Die Verbindlichkeit des mittels No-CPR-Stempels erklärten Verzichts auf Reanimationsmassnahmen im neuen Erwachsenenschutzrecht, Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP/PJA) 10/2013, p. 1437-1449 Freeman, M., Hawkes, S., Bennett, B. (Hrsg.), Law and Global Health, OUP 2014 Hoppler-Wyss, J., Recht im Alter, Dike 2011 Johnson, M. L. (Hrsg.), The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing, CUP 2005 Journal of In.ternational Ageing, Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law McDaniel S.A., Zimmer Z. (eds.), Global Ageing in the Twenty First Century. Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013 Müller, T., Alter und Recht, Das menschliche Alter und seine Bedeutung für das Recht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des europäischen und nationalen Antidiskriminierungsrechts, Peter Lang 2011 Rechel B., Doyle Y., Grundy E., McKee M., How can Health Systems Respond to Population Ageing? World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe 2009 Rust, U., Lange, J., Pfannkuche, H. (eds.): Altersdiskriminierung und Beschäftigung, Evang. Akademie Loccu 2006 |
| Weblink | Europainstitut |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is open to participants with and without legal background. |
| Course application | Registration in MONA |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor's degree subject: Sociology) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Paper (participants may hand in the papers beforehand to get preliminary feedback) and presentation of papers. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | University of Basel |
| Offered by | Europainstitut |