The Importance of the Structural and Functional Analysis for the Establishment of the Conceptual Framework of Social Security Law

The round table conference held on September 20, 2023, by the Center for Labor and Social Security Law of the Lomonosov MSU and dedicated to the problems of the conceptual framework of social security law proved that the issues related to industry-specific concepts are relevant. Such issues include the development of concept definitions and the use of special terminological framework. Opinions of leading law scholars and famous economists studying social security issues that were expressed during the round table meeting will be reflected in further publications. In this article, the author pays attention to the importance of correct and accurate understanding of not only general key and generic concepts of social security law but also the concepts of the very first level of the social security law system: specific pensions, allowances, other security types as these are the elements that develop the initial idea of social security. The concepts are analyzed from the standpoint of systematic nature of the industry and taking into account the rules of the structural and functional analysis.