Legal Doctrine on the Principles of Compulsory Pension Insurance: Universality of Social Security, Social Solidarity, and Social Justice
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-513X-2026-2-85-92
Abstract
Aim. To examine the doctrinal foundations of the principles of compulsory pension insurance from a historical perspective – from the Soviet period, when social security law began to be recognised as a distinct branch of law, to the current state of Russian legislation.
Methodology. The content of the article is based on an analysis of legislative acts and other regulatory documents.
Results. It is demonstrated that the principles of the universality of social security, social solidarity and social justice are not revealed in isolation, but within the system of constitutional norms, legislation on insurance pensions and state pension provision, as well as in the works of scholars in the field of social security law. It is argued that the Soviet doctrine laid the conceptual foundations for the modern pension model, although the compulsory pension insurance system in its current form took shape during the post-Soviet period. It is concluded that universality determines the scope of pension protection, solidarity determines the public-law model of financing and redistribution of pension risk, and fairness determines the criteria for the lawful differentiation of pension rights.
Research implications. The results of the study can be used in the development of new regulatory documents relating to pension insurance.
About the Author
O. A. Chirikova
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga A. Chirikova – Senior Lecture, Department of Civil Law Disciplines
Moscow
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