Mel Cousins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3784734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mel Cousins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mel |
| FAMILY NAME | Cousins |
| SIGNATURE | COUSINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3776-2925 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Developing long‐term care insurance in China
Since 2016, China has established long‐term care insurance (LTCI) in the form of pilot projects that now extend to almost 50 cities. The need for long‐term care is likely to increase significantly. This article looks at initial studies undertaken in a range of cities on the impact of the LTCI pilots on health and the use of health care, on income, poverty and consumption, informal care and labour force participation. It reviews policy assessments…
The sustainability of China’s Urban Employees’ Pension Programme
This article examines the sustainability of China’s Urban Employees’ Pension Programme – the main component in China’s overall old‐age support system. It looks at the sustainability of the programme generally and, in particular, at case studies of two areas (Tianjin municipality and Guangxi province) to highlight both the extent of regional variations and the common challenges facing Chinese policy‐makers. It discusses a number of key issues that…
Legitimate Expectation and Social Security Law Under the European Convention of Human Rights
The concept of ‘legitimate expectation’ is one which has developed to different degrees in the domestic laws of contracting states of the Council of Europe. The European Court of Human Rights tends to use the term is two related contexts. First, the Court refers to legitimate expectation as a way of expanding the scope of ‘possessions’ within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol 1 (P1-1) of the European Convention of Human Rights in order to brin…
Taking equal protection beyond its proper scope? Why people with sincere religious beliefs can continue to discriminate
The balance to be struck between the rights of protected groups (in particular the LGBT+ community) and those who, because of their religious beliefs, object to the full exercise of those rights, i
Recent cases before the European Court of Human Rights
In-Work Benefits
In work benefits (IWBs) were initially introduced in the UK and USA in the 1970s and have expanded greatly in scope and geographical coverage in recent decades. 1 Recent studies by organisations such as the OECD have presented a generally positive picture of IWBs, but a review of the evidence suggests that their achievements are less clear-cut and more contestable than might be expected. The purpose of this article is to examine the role of in-wo…
Habitual Residence
The Irish Parliament and relief of the poor
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (September – December 2011)
In the period, there was an interesting case before the European Court of Justice concerning the equal treatment Directive (79/7), while the European Court of Human Rights has given some important judgements in a number of cases on social security as a property right. Finally, the Court of Human Rights has again addressed the position as to when and why an oral hearing is required in social security cases but without greatly clarifying anything
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (January – March 2012)
Unusually, there were only a small number of significant rulings by either the Court of Justice or the Court of Human Rights in the period January-March 2012. In Markin v Russia the Court of Human Rights showed its positive side, ruling that the exclusion of servicemen from entitlement to parental leave, while servicewomen are entitled to such leave, was in violation of Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8. However, the other important …
Poor Relief in Ireland, 1851-1914
Contents: Poor Relief in Ireland, 1851-1914 - Regional Trends in the Poor Law - Poor Relief and Family Structures - The Poor Law in the Post-Famine Decades, 1851-1878 - The Land War and Local Politics, 1879-1891 - Outdoor Relief and Labourers' Cottages: Nationalism and/or Economics? - The Poor Law and the 'Plan of Campaign', 1886-1891 - The Democratisation of Local Government and the Poor Law, 1892-1906 - The Broader Role of the Boards of Guardia…
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (July 2011 – September 2011)
In this article, we consider two important decisions: one of the Court of Human Rights on the rights of prisoners which concerns access to pension insurance (Stummer); and one from the Court of Justice concerning the link between residence and social security (Stewart). On the legislative front, not much happened
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (April 2011 – June 2011)
In this article, we review developments in the case law of the European Court of Justice and Court of Human Rights in the period April to June 2011. In contrast to the last issue which focused on a number of key judgments – mainly involving an interpretation of the Treaty provisions − that look likely to have an important impact on social security issues, this issue returns to the more mundane case law of the two courts on issues such as the co-o…
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (November 2010 – March 2011)
Health Care and Human Rights after Auton and Chaoulli
The judicial interpretation of the entitlement to health care under the Charter and human rights legislation has tended to swing between interventionist and non-interventionist poles. In Eldridge , the Supreme Court of Canada held that a failure to provide sign language interpretation where this was necessary to ensure equal access to health care was in breach of the equality provisions of the Charter . However, in a subsequent case, Auton , the …
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (October–December 2009)
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, and of Legislative and Policy Developments (May–July 2010)
In this review we look, in particular at two recent decisions of the Court of Human Rights (Schalk v. Austria (30141 04) and P.B. v. Austria (18984 02)) concerning the rights of same-sex couples and a further development of the Court of Justice’ case law with regard to cross-border health care (Case C-211 08 Commission v. Spain)
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice
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Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, and Legislative and Policy Developments (August–October 2010)
Human rights, anti-discrimination and social security benefits
Since the adoption of the Human Rights Act 1998, challenges to UK social security law on the basis of the European Convention on Human Rights have become common – especially under the anti-discrimination provisions of Article 14. However, few of these challenges have been successful and, in general, the English courts have shown a poor understanding of the principles of human rights law. The recent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights …
Recent News and Case Law
In the period covered there have been two interesting decisions of the Court of Justice and the Court of Human Rights concerning the current boundaries of the scope of equality as it applies to social security issues. The Court of Human Rights addressed issues of discrimination against homosexual couples in M.W., while the Court of Justice rejected a claim in relation to social security treatment while on parental leave in Gomez-Limon. Meanwhile,…
Registration of the Religion of Children under the Irish Poor Law, 1838–1870
There were obvious tensions inherent in the fact that in nineteenth-century Ireland, while the majority of the population was Catholic, the state religion was Protestant. This had numerous effects on Irish political and social history, including the administration of the poor law. This article looks at one of the religious issues involved in the operation of the poor law: the registration of children (of unknown religion) on admission to the work…
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (October–December 2008)
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (March – May 2008)
This article looks at recent cases before the ECHR and ECJ concerning pensions and same-sex couples, citizenship and residence, UN sanctions and social security, and Regulation 1408
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (May–September 2008)
This note examines the decisions in Kehoe v United Kingdom (2010 06), I v Finland (20511 03) and Case C-228 07 Petersen
Ireland's Place in the Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Much recent study of welfare states has fo cused on (1) the development of typologies and (2) theories explaining the development of welfare states
In-Work Benefits
In work benefits (IWBs) were initially introduced in the UK and USA in the 1970s and have expanded greatly in scope and geographical coverage in recent decades. 1 Recent studies by organisations such as the OECD have presented a generally positive picture of IWBs, but a review of the evidence suggests that their achievements are less clear-cut and more contestable than might be expected. The purpose of this article is to examine the role of in-wo…
Taking equal protection beyond its proper scope? Why people with sincere religious beliefs can continue to discriminate
The balance to be struck between the rights of protected groups (in particular the LGBT+ community) and those who, because of their religious beliefs, object to the full exercise of those rights, i
The Irish Parliament and relief of the poor
The right to reside and access to social security in the Courts of Appeal
Keywords: income‐related benefitsright to reside – interpretation of the term – whether compatible with EU law
A Study of Social Welfare and Law
This article argues that for many years the official practice in relation to the recovery of overpaid social welfare benefits did not coincide with the legal rules in this area, i.e. overpayments were assessed against claimants and repayment of money was sought where there was no legal obligation on the claimant to repay the benefit. The implications of this practice in two areas are discussed: first, why such a divergence between the legal rules…
The Treatment of Households in the Irish Social Security Code
This article outlines the treatment of families and households under the Irish social welfare code. It considers some of the issues which have arisen in this area including the method of implementing the EC directive on equal treatment in social security. The article outlines and comments on the findings of several recent reports, in particular, the report of a Review Group established by the Minister for Social Welfare to examine the treatment o…
The EC Recommendations on Social Protection
Social security support for informal caring in the Republic of Ireland
This article looks at the policies of social security support for informal carers in the Republic of Ireland. The demographic context and the overall policy context are first outlined, with a brief summary of the available institutional and community care services. The development of social security policies is subsequently examined, tracing the development of specific social security support for informal caring since the late 1960s and looking, …
Ireland's Place in the Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Much recent study of welfare states has fo cused on (1) the development of typologies and (2) theories explaining the development of welfare states
The Introduction of Children's Allowances in Ireland 1939–1944
Our ability to provide social security services depends on our productivity. Our only source of wealth is what we produce by the application of human effort to natural resources.... The development of social services must, therefore, proceed side by side with the development of plans for economic development. We are, by setting up this service, proposing to divert purchasing power from one section of the community to another, and we think we are …
European Welfare States
Introduction Welfare State Theories Globalization and European Welfare States Gender and the Welfare State Welfare States in Europe Typologies of Welfare Country Studies Public Opinion and European Welfare States Challenges Facing European Welfare States Future Directions for European Welfare States
Gender and the Welfare State
News and Cases
The Commissssionon v Council (Special Non-Contributory Benefits) Judgmenent
This judgment concerns the definition of special non-contributory benefits which, although falling within the material scope of Regulation 1408/71, are not exportable under that Regulation. The Court held that a series of Finnish, Swedish and United Kingdom benefits to disabled persons were not ‘special’ benefits within the meaning of the Regulation
Overview of Recent Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (October-December 2007)
The ‘Right to Reside’ and Social Security Entitlements
Income‐related benefits – right to reside – interpretation of the term – whether compatible with EU law
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (October–December 2008)
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (March – May 2008)
This article looks at recent cases before the ECHR and ECJ concerning pensions and same-sex couples, citizenship and residence, UN sanctions and social security, and Regulation 1408
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (May–September 2008)
This note examines the decisions in Kehoe v United Kingdom (2010 06), I v Finland (20511 03) and Case C-228 07 Petersen
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (December 2007–February 2008)
This article looks at recent cases before the ECHR and ECJ on issues such as territoriality and citizenship; private health insurance, competition and risk equalisation; maintenance obligations and non-discrimination
Poor relief and families in nineteenth-century Ireland and Italy
This article examines the extent to which poor relief supported families and households in two contrasting European (and predominantly Roman Catholic) countries, Ireland and Italy, over the long nineteenth century. The main focus of the article is on the poor law in Ireland and the extent to which it provided support to families and households. While nuclear and extended families dominated household structures in late nineteenth-century Ireland (…
The right to reside and access to social security in the Courts of Appeal
Keywords: income‐related benefitsright to reside – interpretation of the term – whether compatible with EU law
Recent News and Case Law
In the period covered there have been two interesting decisions of the Court of Justice and the Court of Human Rights concerning the current boundaries of the scope of equality as it applies to social security issues. The Court of Human Rights addressed issues of discrimination against homosexual couples in M.W., while the Court of Justice rejected a claim in relation to social security treatment while on parental leave in Gomez-Limon. Meanwhile,…
Registration of the Religion of Children under the Irish Poor Law, 1838–1870
There were obvious tensions inherent in the fact that in nineteenth-century Ireland, while the majority of the population was Catholic, the state religion was Protestant. This had numerous effects on Irish political and social history, including the administration of the poor law. This article looks at one of the religious issues involved in the operation of the poor law: the registration of children (of unknown religion) on admission to the work…
Health Care and Human Rights after Auton and Chaoulli
The judicial interpretation of the entitlement to health care under the Charter and human rights legislation has tended to swing between interventionist and non-interventionist poles. In Eldridge , the Supreme Court of Canada held that a failure to provide sign language interpretation where this was necessary to ensure equal access to health care was in breach of the equality provisions of the Charter . However, in a subsequent case, Auton , the …
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (October–December 2009)
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, and of Legislative and Policy Developments (May–July 2010)
In this review we look, in particular at two recent decisions of the Court of Human Rights (Schalk v. Austria (30141 04) and P.B. v. Austria (18984 02)) concerning the rights of same-sex couples and a further development of the Court of Justice’ case law with regard to cross-border health care (Case C-211 08 Commission v. Spain)
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice
entitled to such leave, was in
Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, and Legislative and Policy Developments (August–October 2010)
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