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The Human Rights Of The Aged: An Application Of The General Norm Of Nondiscrimination, Myers Mcdougal, Harold D. Lasswell, Lung-Chu Chen Jan 1976

The Human Rights Of The Aged: An Application Of The General Norm Of Nondiscrimination, Myers Mcdougal, Harold D. Lasswell, Lung-Chu Chen

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Changing Attitudes Toward Euthanasia, Alice V. Mehling Oct 1975

Changing Attitudes Toward Euthanasia, Alice V. Mehling

IUSTITIA

Death is a very individual matter which does not readily lend itself to collective decision. Medical ethicists frequently conclude that to allow a person to die from malice is more reprehensible than to help a person to die from mercy. The most striking change which is taking place in consideration of the problem is recognition of the need to reinforce the patient's right to decide on the course of medical treatment.

A New York Times editorial of February 3, 1903 condemned the practice of active euthanasia by comparing it to "practices of savages in all parts of the world". Seventy …


Class Actions Under The Age Discrimination In Employment Act: The Question Is Why Not?, Anne S. Emanuel Jan 1974

Class Actions Under The Age Discrimination In Employment Act: The Question Is Why Not?, Anne S. Emanuel

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Real Property Tax Relief For The Elderly, Edsell M. Eady Jr. Jan 1974

Real Property Tax Relief For The Elderly, Edsell M. Eady Jr.

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This article focuses on the elderly person's problem of coping with real property taxation. Although property taxes vary in intensity from place to place, the elderly bear a particularly heavy burden. The property tax generally does not reflect a taxpayer's ability to pay, since it is usually levied in proportion to the value of real property rather than in relation to a homeowner's income. Thus people with low incomes may have to pay a greater percentage of their incomes as real property tax than people with higher incomes. The real property tax can be a formidable problem for an elderly …


Protective Services For The Elderly: Commitment, Guardianship, And Alternatives, John J. Regan Mar 1972

Protective Services For The Elderly: Commitment, Guardianship, And Alternatives, John J. Regan

William & Mary Law Review

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Variable Annuities, Variable Insurance And Separate Accounts, Tamar Frankel Jan 1971

Variable Annuities, Variable Insurance And Separate Accounts, Tamar Frankel

Faculty Scholarship

The variable annuity is a novel retirement plan. It was devised to minimize the inadequacies of a fixed-dollar annuity as a retirement device. Inflation and an accelerating standard of living have left persons receiving fixed-dollar annuities with only a fraction of the income required to meet their needs.


Income Averaging, M. Carr Ferguson, Edwin T. Hood Jan 1968

Income Averaging, M. Carr Ferguson, Edwin T. Hood

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