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Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions

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This chapter defines the concepts ‘small jurisdiction’ and ‘social security’. It deals with the relation between social security and law and makes an excursion to explore the concept of legal transplants.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Unless otherwise mentioned, we shall use the terms small state and small jurisdiction in an interchangeable way.

  2. 2.

    Kirt and Waschkuhn (2001); Wolf (2016), p. 1.

  3. 3.

    Wolf (2016), p. vi (nr. 35) and p. 2.

  4. 4.

    Bogdan (1989), as quoted by Donlan et al. (2017), p. 191.

  5. 5.

    Wolf (2016), p. 3.

  6. 6.

    Ibid.

  7. 7.

    Maass (2009), p. 75.

  8. 8.

    Ibidem.

  9. 9.

    Geser (2001), p. 92; Gstöhl (2001), pp. 123–124; Wolf (2016), p. 4.

  10. 10.

    One has to be cautious when browsing literature, as sometimes also countries like Belgium, Norway etc. are called ‘small countries’, see e.g. Katzenstein’s comparative study Small states in world markets explaining why, during the 1980s, standards of living were higher in the ‘smallest’ European states. With ‘small states’ he meant countries like Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, none of which qualify as a ‘small state’ as we understand it (Irving 2011, p. 230).

  11. 11.

    Veenendaal and Wolf (2016).

  12. 12.

    Pieters (2006), pp. 1–8.

  13. 13.

    Pieters (2009), pp. 21–25.

  14. 14.

    Pieters and Schoukens (2012), p. 10.

  15. 15.

    See e.g. the research mentioned in Pennings (2006) and Pennings and Vonk (2015).

  16. 16.

    Exceptions being e.g. UNRISD (2009). A worldwide overview of the main social insurance schemes, including also smaller states, is to be found in Social Security Programs Throughout the World (2020), in (the older) International Social Security Association (1980) or International Social Security Association (1994).

    The renowned Commonwealth Small States Centre of Excellence in Malta focuses on public debt management, natural disaster management and mitigation, broadband internet connectivity, diplomatic training, women and enterprises and ocean governance; thus no social topics are included (see Commonwealth Small States Centre of Excellence 2020).

  17. 17.

    As was the case in International Social Security Association (1980). International Social Security Association (1994).

  18. 18.

    See: United Nations (2020).

  19. 19.

    Örücü (2004).

  20. 20.

    Sacco (1990).

  21. 21.

    Teubner (1998).

  22. 22.

    Fedtke (2012), p. 552.

  23. 23.

    Watson (1974).

  24. 24.

    See: Legrand (1997).

  25. 25.

    Barak-Erez (2014), p. 17.

  26. 26.

    Fedtke (2012), p. 552.

  27. 27.

    Kahn-Freund (1974), pp. 1–17.

  28. 28.

    Barak-Erez (2014), p. 19.

  29. 29.

    Graziadei (2006), p. 473.

  30. 30.

    Barak-Erez (2014), p. 25.

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Pieters, D. (2021). Conceptual Framework. In: Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions. The World of Small States, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78247-4_1

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