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Social Security Law

  • Textbook
  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Robert East

    1. School of Law, University of Glamorgan, UK

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  • Detailed yet concise account of Social Security Law
    Law placed in a wider social, political, historical and European context
    Written in a readerfriendly style
    Division of chapters into 'The Legal Rules' and 'Context and Commentary'

Part of the book series: Macmillan Law Masters (MLM)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Social Security and Poverty

    • Robert East
    Pages 1-14

  3. An Introduction to the British Social Security System

    • Robert East
    Pages 15-41

  4. The British Social Security System in Context

    • Robert East
    Pages 42-68

  5. Jobseeker’s Allowance

    • Robert East
    Pages 69-88

  6. Income Support

    • Robert East
    Pages 89-99

  7. General Provisions for Income-Related Benefits

    • Robert East
    Pages 100-134

  8. Benefits for the Sick and Disabled

    • Robert East
    Pages 135-181

  9. Pensions

    • Robert East
    Pages 182-198

  10. Working Families Tax Credit and Disabled Person’s Tax Credit

    • Robert East
    Pages 199-212

  11. Child Benefit

    • Robert East
    Pages 213-225

  12. Housing Benefit

    • Robert East
    Pages 226-249

  13. Council Tax Benefit

    • Robert East
    Pages 250-257

  14. The Social Fund

    • Robert East
    Pages 258-278

  15. Reform — Past and Present

    • Robert East
    Pages 279-308

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 309-323
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About this book

Social Security Law is an up-to-date, critical, yet authoritative account of the British social security system and its legal framework. It sets out the principal features of the main social benefits, giving a detailed exposition of the legal basis of entitlement to each benefit. It then takes the reader several steps further in placing the understanding of social security law into its wider social, political, historical and European context.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, University of Glamorgan, UK

    Robert East

About the author

ROBERT EAST has been teaching law at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level for a number of years, both in the United Kingdom and Australia. He has published in the spheres of Social Security Law and Criminal Justice. He is currently Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Glamorgan.

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