| Abstract [eng] |
Social security law is an extremely dynamic branch of law, requiring constant changes. In addition, social security law is a relatively new area of law, which began to develop in Western Europe as late as at the end of the 19th century with the adoption of the first regulations regarding social insurance of employees. The general rules of this branch of law – subject matter and scope, functions, methods and principles – developed even later. Furthermore, there is no final agreement as to the definition of social security, the scope and other elements of the social security system. Therefore, researchers of Lithuanian social security law, and of other related branches of law, have an important task to crystallise and enshrine the key elements of this law – concept, subject matter, method, functions and principles. With this in mind, this dissertation research analyses the principles of social security law as the fundamental provisions that reflect the basic interests of the society and are used as a basis for developing legal regulation, implementation and interpretation of law. The purpose of the research is to analyse and evaluate the content of the basic principles of social security law and their role in the design and implementation of the social security system. The research contains the analysis of the selected basic (fundamental) principles of social security law: universality, differentiation, equality of persons, solidarity and protection of the right to property. |
