Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions

Danny Pieters is a full professor at KU Leuven (Belgium). He holds the chair of Social Security Law and the chair of Comparative Law at the KU Leuven Law School. He is head of the Research Unit Europe and Social Security (RUESS) and programme director of the European Master Social Security. Danny is the founder and current director of the Small Jurisdictions Research Group. He served also as Member of the Belgian Federal Parliament (including as the President of the Senate in 2010/2011) and as vice rector of KU Leuven. Since 2021 he is judge in the Belgian Constitutional Court.

“The book remains an important contribution that will act as a key reference point for both researchers and policy-makers interested in social security provision in small jurisdictions. There is the future potential—based on this work” (Jed Meers, Journal of Social Security Law, Vol. 30 (3), 2023)

• Part i.- Conceptual Framework.- Small Jurisdictions; Their Common Features, In General and as far as Social Security is Concerned.- Part ii. Country Studies: Social Security in Twenty Small Jurisdictions.- Aruba.- Buthan.- Curaçao. - Cyprus.- Faroe Islands.- Fiji.- Gibraltar.- Greenland.- Grenada.- Guyana.- Iceland.- Liechtenstein.- Maldives.- Malta.- San Malta.-  San Marino.- Seychelles.- Sint Maarten.- Suriname.- Trinidad and Tobago.- Tonga.-Part iii.- The Comparison.- Twenty-One Recommendations.- Epilogue.