Symposium: Sustainable between norm and reality. Social jurisdiction between social justice and the legal situation

Desperate young people, late effects of infections, securing livelihoods in emergency situations - no, these are not social challenges that have only existed since the coronavirus pandemic. The virus and its variants have only brought them back into social consciousness. How long they will stay there when the coronavirus podcasts and live blogs cease to exist and everyone wants to pretend it's finally over is questionable. What will definitely remain are the social risks.

The ways and attempts of the welfare state to mitigate these risks are manifold - sometimes sustainable, sometimes misguided, and in any case often the subject of criticism. The complexity of German social law shows, on the one hand, the comprehensive attempt to implement the right to a dignified existence enshrined in the Basic Law and international law - and, on the other hand, is also proof of the overwhelming contradiction between aspiration, norm and reality.

Pandemic or not, social law and, in particular, social benefits law must reflect the rapid changes in the economic situation, the labor market and the healthcare system. The social courts can try to reconcile the law and the rapidly changing reality.

Registration is possible until June 15, 2022 at sozialgerichtsforschung[at]uni-kassel[dot]de