About the Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Age Discrimination: Implications of the Ageing Process -- 3 The Age of Equality -- 4 Age Discrimination in Employment: Implementing the Framework Directive 2000/78/EC -- 5 Age Equality in Health and Social Care -- 6 Age Equality in Access to Education -- 7 Children's Rights for Grown-ups -- 8 Age Discrimination Law: Some Remarks on the American Experience -- 9 Comparative European Perspectives on Age Discrimination Legislation -- Index