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New Remedies For Elder Abuse And Neglect, Seymour Moskowitz Jan 1998

New Remedies For Elder Abuse And Neglect, Seymour Moskowitz

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Saving Granny From The Wolf: Elder Abuse And Neglect--The Legal Framework, Seymour Moskowitz Jan 1998

Saving Granny From The Wolf: Elder Abuse And Neglect--The Legal Framework, Seymour Moskowitz

Law Faculty Publications

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Re-Examining Elder Law Practices: Reflections On Ageism, Linda S. Whitton Jan 1998

Re-Examining Elder Law Practices: Reflections On Ageism, Linda S. Whitton

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Empowering And Protecting Patients: Lessons For Physician-Assisted Suicide From The African-American Experience, Leslie E. Wolf, Patricia A. King Jan 1998

Empowering And Protecting Patients: Lessons For Physician-Assisted Suicide From The African-American Experience, Leslie E. Wolf, Patricia A. King

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Evaluating The Case For Social Security Reform: Elderly Poverty, Paternalism And Private Pensions, Maria O'Brien Jan 1998

Evaluating The Case For Social Security Reform: Elderly Poverty, Paternalism And Private Pensions, Maria O'Brien

Faculty Scholarship

This Article considers the many arguments currently being made in favor of Social Security pension reform and evaluates each of them in terms of the principal Congressional goal of the program-the elimination of elderly poverty-as well as more recent goals that have been articulated by subsequent commentators such as a reduction in government paternalism and the maximization of retirement income. The Article begins with a short history of the public pension program in the United States and considers at length the details of the various reform proposals that currently enjoy support. In addition it examines the enormously regressive tax structure …