Deutsches Sozialrecht nach 1945

German social security and welfare law experienced the west-east-divide after 1945, which it overcame troublesome since 1990. From its very beginning after 1945 German social security and welfare law became a part of the European and the world’s legal order, which paves its way since then. In the 1960ies it was confronted with an economic crisis due to the transition of an industrial to a post-industrial society, which exacerbated after 1990. German social security and welfare law mastered the challenges in the early years of 2000 in sequence of international experiences and demands, which lead to profound reforms. Today the ecological transformation demands this law to become sustainable for tomorrow and makes it relevant for the transformation.