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History of Social Law in Germany

  • Sole available history of social law in Germany

  • Explains a complicated system in a clear way

  • The legal history is embedded in the political and social history

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Book

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. I. Introduction
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 1-9
  3. II. Social Protection in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern State: Alms, Poor Relief [Armenpolizei], Care, Social Help
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 11-27
  4. III. Social Policy in the Empire: The Insurance Solution
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 29-81
  5. IV. The First World War
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 83-93
  6. V. The Weimar Republic
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 95-134
  7. VI. The Nazi State
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 135-155
  8. VII. The Post-War Period, the Federal Republic, and the German Democratic Republic
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 157-227
  9. VIII. Social Law as a Scientific Discipline
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 229-233
  10. IX. Europeanization of Social Law
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 235-240
  11. X. Long Term Perspectives for Social Protection
    Michael Stolleis
    Pages 241-253
  12. Back Matter
    Pages 255-258
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About this book

Introduction

The sole available comprehensive history of social law and the model of social welfare in Germany. The book explains the origins since the medieval times, but concentrates on the 19th and 20th centuries, especially on the introduction of the social insurance 1881-1889, of the expansion of the system in the Weimar Republic, under the Nazi-System and after World War II in the FRG and the GDR. The system of social welfare in Germany is one of the pillars of economic stability.

Keywords

Germany Social Insurance Social Security Sovial Policy Welfare

Authors and affiliations

  1. 1.Max-Planck-Institut für europäische RechtsgeschichteFrankfurt am MainGermany

About the authors

Michael Stolleis, born 1941, holds the chair in public law and early modern legal history at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) from 1975 to 2006. He was director of the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History from 1991 to 2009. Main work: History of public law in Germany, 4 vol. 1988, 1992, 1999, 2012. Translations of his books are available in various languages.

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