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

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

The welfare state's ways and attempts to mitigate these risks are manifold - sometimes sustainable, sometimes misguided, in any case often subject to 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 at the same time evidence of the overwhelming contradiction between claim, norm and reality.

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

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