Review article
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2024.61.152.263
Protection of elderly persons’ legal interests – reasons for and review of legal solutions
Małgorzata Balwicka-Szczyrba
orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-5602
; Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Commercial Law, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Anna Sylwestrzak
; Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Commercial Law, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Abstract
This article outlines the subject of protective measures applied to safeguard the legitimate interests of elderly persons under the civil law system, as illustrated by regulations selected from European legal systems. With the ageing of societies come all the associated health consequences; therefore, it is necessary to introduce modern legislation to regulate this issue so that the rights of elderly persons, including their human rights, be protected. Decisive efforts should be made to discontinue the institution of incapacitation which is discriminatory against elderly persons involved in civil law transactions, and to replace it with a modern protective system.
Keywords
protection of elderly persons; elderly persons; vulnerable adults
Hrčak ID:
319124
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Publication date:
30.6.2024.
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