The long litigation saga involving the compatibility of UK legislation on survivors' benefits appears to have come to a (not particularly glorious) end with the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) decision in Runkee and White v United Kingdom. This case involved a challenge to the...

This paper examines the introduction of a new system of rural pensions in China in the context of current employment patterns. It identifies a number of key policy issues concerning the rolling-out of the new rural pensions scheme including unification of pension schemes, pooling levels,...

This report examines the position of farmers who have lost their land (or displaced rural workers) in China. It studies policies adopted in three EU countries (France, Poland and the UK) to provide compensation for land which has been compulsorily purchased; and to provide social policy support to...

In the period, there was an interesting case before the European Court of Justice concerning the equal treatment Directive (79/7), while the European Court of Human Rights has given some important judgements in a number of cases on social security as a property right. Finally, the Court of Human...

In the course of the nineteenth century charity and philanthropy played an important role in Ireland but, with the exception of a number of studies of specific institutions or issues, we currently know rather little about the scope and extent of such voluntary activity for the relief of the...

This chapter looks at the administration of the Irish national health insurance system in the years after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. It examines, in particular, gender-related issues in the administration and reform of the national health insurance system. The...

This article looks at recent cases before the ECHR and ECJ on issues such as territoriality and citizenship; private health insurance, competition and risk equalisation; maintenance obligations and non-discrimination

This article discusses recent developments in the European Court of Justice's approach to freedom of movement of workers and how that has been influenced by EU provisions on citizenship. It examines, firstly, the Court's interpretation of the circumstances in which a worker who has changed his...

This paper looks at the reform of poor relief in Dublin (the capital city of the then Irish Free State) in the 1920s and 1930s. In particular, it examines the introduction of the Poor Relief (Dublin) Act, 1929 and the role of political parties and interest groups in shaping its final outcome....