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Informal Carers and Private Law: 4
Author(s): Brian Sloan (Author)
- Publisher: Hart Publishing
- Publication Date: 7 Dec. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 290 pages
- ISBN-10: 0753721279
- ISBN-13: 9780753721278
Book Description
Every day, large numbers of altruistic individuals, in the absence of any legal duty, provide substantial and essential services for elderly and disabled people. In doing so, many such informal carers suffer financial and other disadvantages. This book considers the scope for a private law” approach to rewarding, supporting or compensating carers, an increasingly vital topic in the context of an ageing population and the need for savings in public expenditure. Adopting a comparative approach, the book explores the recognition of the informal carer and his or her relationship with the care recipient within diverse fields of private law, from unjust enrichment to succession. Aspects of the analysis include the importance of a promise of a reward from the care recipient and the appropriate measure of any remedy. In considering the potential for expansion of a “private law” approach for carers, the book addresses the fundamental and controversial question of the price of altruism.
Winner of the University of Cambridge’s Yorke Prize 2014“
Editorial Reviews
Review
… as a study of English private law, this is a fine, path-breaking book that poses questions and raises issues that deserve close attention and will, in years to come, undoubtedly assume even greater social and political significance. –The Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 23, No. 12, Peter Cane
This is an enormously impressive book on a highly topical issue…a wonderful book. It is carefully argued with considerable sensitivity to the legal complexities raised. It combines a detailed knowledge and commitment to the law system with a passion to find better ways of recognizing care…and in doing that…has provided an invaluable contribution to the literature. –Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Volume 35, Issue 4, Jonathan Herring
About the Author
Brian Sloan is College Lecturer, Director of Studies and Fellow in Law at Robinson College, Cambridge.
