Social law
Social law means:
- Social law (Germany) , a branch of public law in Germany
- Social law (Austria) , a branch of public law in Austria
- European social law , the law of social security as a branch of European Union law for cross-border issues between the member states
- International social law , the conflict of laws between different social law regimes
- in Switzerland until about 1945 labor law
- In Switzerland nowadays it is occasionally a collective term for social security law, social welfare and public health law , for the protective provisions of tenancy and consumer law and the right to subsidize farming and commercial operations
- in the 19th century also a term for company law
See also:
- Social security - generic term for protection against the consequences of certain "social risks" that can affect the individual (in particular illness, need for care, death, accidents at work and occupational diseases and old age)
- Social policy - measures to improve the economic and social situation in particular of disadvantaged social groups by the state, companies, trade unions, non-governmental organizations and churches
- From an economic point of view: welfare state - a state that takes far-reaching measures to increase the social, material and cultural well-being of its citizens
- from a constitutional point of view: welfare state - a state that aims at social participation and social justice for its citizens; in Germany according to the welfare state principle of the Basic Law
