{"title":"Life Course Theory","authors":"J. Herring","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529204667.003.0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter introduces the reader to life course theory. It provides definitions of the life course and explores the challenges in defining the different stages of the life course. The interaction of law and life stages is considered. The chapter also introduces some of the themes that run through the book such as age discrimination and intergenerational justice.","PeriodicalId":288130,"journal":{"name":"Law Through the Life Course","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Law Through the Life Course","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529204667.003.0002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter introduces the reader to life course theory. It provides definitions of the life course and explores the challenges in defining the different stages of the life course. The interaction of law and life stages is considered. The chapter also introduces some of the themes that run through the book such as age discrimination and intergenerational justice.