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Given the trend of increasing global economic integration, many regional agreements—especially the African Union—seek to follow a similar model. In the EU, sovereign nations have gathered their authority in a system of courts and the European Parliament. These institutions are allowed the ability to enforce legal norms both against or for member states and citizens in a manner which is not possible through public international law.Social security law refers to the rights people have to social insurance, such as jobseekers’ allowances or housing benefits.
Yet classification is a matter of form rather than substance since similar rules often prevail.…
