Social Security & Welfare Law

Legislating under the Charter explores how governments and Parliament justify limitations on rights when advancing laws that raise rights concerns ...

First published in 1998, this volume was formally completed in July 1994, but completing the structure of the market is not all the same thing as h...

Hit by the European financial and economic crisis in 2008, several Member States of the European Monetary Union (EMU) were unable to refinance thei...

In the UK, the current tax year of 2012/2013 is an important one for tax credits claimants and their advisers. Since an emergency Budget in June 20...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book provides an in-depth socio-legal examination of adult social care law and pol...

Develop and expand your skills for social work law using knowledge and practice Social Work Law, 6th Edition, by Alison Brammer is the market lead...

Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland is an authoritative resource for professionals navigating the complex framework of adult protection law an...

This authoritative guide to the law of continuing healthcare provides clarity on a contentious issue for those in long-term care: which adults are ...

Safeguarding Adults and the Law, now in its third edition, sets this complex area of work within an extensive legal framework and provides many use...

The safeguarding of vulnerable adults continues to increase in importance. Safeguarding Adults and the Law, now in its second edition, sets this co...

This book provides an extensive and comparative account of all welfare reforms that occurred during the last three decades in Continental European ...

Criticized as parsimonious and cruel in the later 1800s, the Poor Law for Scotland was first passed in 1845 as a frankly humanitarian measure in re...

How Social Security has shaped American politicsand why it faces insolvencySince its establishment, Social Security has become the financial linchp...

This book is intended to provide a broad overview of Social Security law and practice. It covers the two main titles of the Social Security Act: Ol...

How 'free' is the free movement of persons? Why does the law that enables it need to be 'revisited'? This collection of essays, curated by Claire K...

In many countries regional and local authorities are given more powers in the field of social security. Supposedly, this is a general trend taking ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, exacerbated by the global heal...

'This detailed and informative textbook's articulate, precise and accessible style allows students to grasp the basics of social work law. As such,...

Children are in need of support not due to any fault on their part but due to their circumstances. Local authorities have a duty to safeguard and p...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, exacerbated by the global heal...

War pensions law some contains a number of unique features, in particular, the onus on the Secretary of State to disprove entitlement to benefit be...