Adult Guardianship Law for the 21st Century

In unserer alternden Gesellschaft werden die Unterstützung und der Schutz alter, kranker und behinderter Menschen durch das Betreuungsrecht immer wichtiger. Das Buch zeigt die Herausforderungen, die die heutige Zeit an das Betreuungsrecht stellt und bietet Vorschläge für seine Reform. Es dokumentiert die Ergebnisse des Ersten Weltkongresses für Betreuungsrecht, der im Jahr 2010 in Yokohama, Japan, stattfand.

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The book documents the proceedings and results of the First World Congress on Adult Guardianship Law held in Yokohama, Japan, in 2010. Readers can find articles of distinguished academics and professionals from many jurisdictions. Contributions range from learned articles to policy statements on law reform, from a comparative analysis of adult guardianship law to a discussion of the legal and legislative problems within a specific jurisdiction, and they cover issues of domestic as well as international law. It contains also the Yokohama Declaration, which is the first international declaration on law reform in the field of adult guardianship law.