Legitimate expectation and Social Security Law under the European Convention of Human Rights
European Journal of Social Security
2021
23
1
March
24-43
social security ; EU law ; European Convention on Human Rights
Social protection
https://doi.org/10.1177/1388262720961792
English
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"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 bring an issue within the purview of the Court. Second, the Court uses the term to refer to a person's expectations as to the future peaceful enjoyment of their possessions. The failure by the Court to define clearly what it means by the term ‘legitimate expectation' and its use in two different (if related) ways has led to significant confusion in the Court's jurisprudence as it concerns social security."
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