MPISOC Research Paper Series

As the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is discontinuing its Research Paper Series in 2026 and the MPISOC page on SSRN is no longer accessible, we are making the papers published there available for download on our website. Further issues of the MPISOC Research Paper Series will also be published on our website.

The Future of Social Law – The Next 25 Years
Ulrich Becker

Implementing Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in the German Statutory Health Insurance: Lessons from England
Irene Domenici und Christian Günther

The Contraceptives Scandal in Chile: Legal Implications and State Responsibility
Viviana Ponce de León Solís

Wann ist die Verbindung zum Arbeitsmarkt groß genug? Unionsrechtliche Vorgaben und nationale Spielräume bei der Bestimmung der echten und tatsächlichen Tätigkeit von EU-Wanderarbeitnehmern
Jana Bub

Contractual Interests, Ranked
Sergio Mittlaender

Sozialstaatsbilder im katholischen Sozialdenken: Der Code sociale de Malines (1927/1933)
Edoardo D’Alfonso Masarié

Protection of Social and Labour Rights before the ILO and the Council of Europe
Katarina Kogej und Grega Strban

Effectiveness as a Legal Principle of Public Healthcare Systems: A Comparative Analysis of France, Germany and England
Ulrich Becker, Irene Domenici und Christian Günther

Filling the Gaps: Social Security Rights for Italy’s Caregivers and Domestic Workers
Edoardo D’Alfonso Masarié

Solidarity through Stratification: The Colombian Estratos
Christian Günther

Survivors Benefits: A Systematic Introduction
Ulrich Becker

Equality Equals Primacy? Why the Equality of the EU Member States Cannot Explain the Absolute Primacy of EU Law
David Preßlein

The Experimental Method in the Study of Contract Law
Sergio Mittlaender

The Right to a Basic Family Income: The Constitutionalization of the Right to a Minimum Income in Brazil
Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet und Thiago Santos Rocha

Conflict and Property Law: The Hidden Costs of Takings and of Liability Rule Protection
Sergio Mittlaender

The Danish ‘Ghetto Initiatives’ and the Changing Nature of Social Citizenship, 2004-2018
Anika Seemann

Beyond Endogeneity in Analyses of Public Opinion: Evaluations of Healthcare by the Foreign Born across 24 European Countries
Simone M. Schneider

Interdisciplinarity in Health Law: A Methodological Shift
Irene Carlet

Climate Protection, the German Federal Constitutional Court, and the Future of the Welfare State
Ulrich Becker

Sustainability of Conscientious Objection: The Case of Abortion in the Italian Healthcare System
Irene Domenici

Compensating Injuries Through the British Welfare State: Arriving at a Coherent System of No-Fault Compensation
Christian Günther

Between Individual Risk and State Responsibility: 20 Years of Swedish Premium Pensions
Anika Seemann

The Social Eco-State
Ulrich Becker

Auf dem Weg zu einem sozial-ökologischen Staat
Linxin He

Special Pension Schemes for Workers in Arduous and Hazardous Jobs: Functions and Conditions to Ensure Equal Treatment
Sergio Mittlaender

Extending Social Security Schemes for ‘Non-employees’: a Comparative Perspective
Olga Chesalina