Abuse of social security rights: a problem statement
According to the analysis of legislation and law enforcement practice the author proves the possibility of abuse of social security rights and points out the need for enshrining the limits of social security rights in law. He claims that it is pointless to decouple abuse of social security rights and other forms of dishonest behaviour of a person who receives different kinds of social security benefits. The author emphasizes that in the social security law there are no legal rules governing the consequences of qualification of an act as abuse of rights. Therefore, he provides an assessment of the application of Art. 10 of the Russian Civil Code to social security relationships, and underlines the importance of preventing abuse of rights at the stage of law-making.