Istomina E.A.

Purpose. To research the place and importance of federal laws and the laws of territorial entities of the Russian Federation in the system of social risks management. Methods. The article analyzes provisions of federal laws and laws of territorial entities of the Russian Federation, enshrining the list of social risks and acting as a basis of social security (social service institution is considered). Certain ways of managing social risks, taking free drug coverage of certain categories of citizens as an example, are studied. Results. The paper states that the formalization of the main social risks and the main ways to manage them (their compensation and minimization) is currently being implemented both in the federal laws and the laws of the territorial entities of the Russian Federation. The study brought to the conclusion that, despite the significant amount of such acts, the quality of social risk management is not always high. There are both positive examples of formalization of the social security grounds and the ways to compensate them in the federal laws and laws of the territorial entities of the Russian Federation and also the negative ones. The effectiveness of social risk management highly depends on the quality of legislation. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in the analysis of laws (both federal and laws of territorial entities of the Russian Federation) with regard to secure a list of social risks with them.

Purpose. To study legal aspects of social risk management. Methods. The article considers the concept of social risk as a fundamental category of social security law; it analyzes regulatory acts on social security, and normative legal acts of other branches, confirming various stages of social risk management. Results. On the basis of the research it was concluded that the formation and functioning of the social security system can be regarded as a system of social risk management. This category is an independent subject of scientific research overlapping with several other branches of law. The results contribute to the enrichment of theoretical tools of social security law and improvement of legal regulation effectiveness in the social sphere. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in studying of social security from the point of formalization, evaluation, compensation (minimization), social risks prevention.

Aim. To study the implementation of the principle of universal nature of social security considering different types of social risks. Methods. The article considers various social risks, depending on their causes, international legal regulations, certain federal laws are examined in order to identify whether the said categories can be integrated there. Results. On the basis of the study it is concluded that the principle of the universal nature of social security meeting the needs of citizens for the guaranteed material support is not absolute and relates to the objective factors of social risks implementation. Poverty being not a result of illness, old age, birth and raising children or other circumstances recognized by the law as meaningful is not considered social risk and the right for social security is not generated. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in identifying relationship between such principles of social security as law, its universal nature and the right of every member of society to social benefits unrelated to work and social risks, being the reason for providing relevant payment and services.