This chapter examines how social security entitlement has developed in the UK and the
legislative process through which Parliament scrutinises the implications of social policy …

For an academic such as myself who has been researching access to social rights in the
United Kingdom (UK) social security system for ten years now, and who has been …

New Zealand's social security system was born out of a vision of society consistent with a
definition of the common good informed by Christian ethics. The past 30 years, in particular …

The European Social Charter (ESC) is a Council of Europe treaty instrument which sets out
a range of binding legal obligations relating to the enjoyment of certain core social rights. 1 …

Social Security law is not easy. Comments to that effect in judicial opinion and more general
commentary abound throughout the common law world: in the United States, the legislation …

The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (the “Act”) is a significant piece of devolved
legislation. It is the first major Act passed by the Scottish Parliament dealing with social …

This paper takes the opportunity of the Social Security Review to reflect on the meaning of
social security reform. It argues that traditional conceptions of the welfare state are unduly …

Social Security may be defined as a system of cash benefits which the State confers upon
individuals who satisfy certain conditions of entitlement.'In 1983 the British Parliament …

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the body responsible
for overseeing compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural …

The legal practice undertaken at a community legal centre almost inevitably involves wider
considerations than the theoretical application of the law. This article provides a brief insight …