Social Security Law in Context

by Harris, Neville; Douglas, Gillian; Hervey, Tamara; Jones, Stephen; Rahilly, Simon; Sainsbury, Roy; Wikeley, Nick

• ISBN13: 9780198763079
• ISBN10: 0198763077
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book provides an authoritative, contextual and critical account of how British social security law has evolved, how it operates, its substance, and its social effects.

Author Biography

Neville Harris is Professor of Law at the School of Law and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moore's University. He was previously Reader in Law and Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Liverpool. He is joint General Editor (and founding editor) of the Journal of Social Security Law.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	xiii
Notes on Decisions of the Social Security Commissioners	xv
Table of Cases; Statutes; and Statutory Instruments	xvii
List of Tables	xlix
List of Abbreviations	li
Part 1 Theoretical and Social Contexts
The Welfare State, Social Security, and Social Citizenship Rights	3	(36)
Neville Harris
Social Security and Society	39	(30)
Neville Harris
Part 2 The Historical Context
Social Security Prior to Beveridge	69	(18)
Neville Harris
Beveridge and Beyond: the Shift from Insurance to Means-testing	87	(32)
Neville Harris
Widening Agendas: the Social Security Reviews and Reforms of 1985-8	119	(36)
Neville Harris
Part 3 The Modern Framework
The Shape and Characteristics of Social Security Today (including Insurance, Pensions, and Means-tests)	155	(52)
Neville Harris
Social Security Decision Making and Appeals	207	(24)
Roy Sainsbury
Social Security: the European Union Dimension	231	(28)
Tamara K. Hervey
Part 4 Specific Issues
The Family, Gender, and Social Security	259	(32)
Gillian Douglas
From Welfare to Work? Social Security and Unemployment	291	(36)
Laura Lundy
Social Security and Education	327	(36)
Neville Harris
Social Security and Disability	363	(38)
Nick Wikeley
Social Security and Housing	401	(30)
Simon Rahilly
Social Security, Money Management, and Debt	431	(30)
Simon Rahilly
Social Security and Industrial Injury	461	(34)
Stephen Jones
Bibliography	495	(32)
Index	527