Edouard Grinda and social insurance (1908-1932)

This book develops a study of legislative personnel in the general context of the interwar period. At the same time, it focuses on a particular piece of legislation, that on social insurance. From the introduction of the initial bill by the Minister of Labour, Daniel Vincent, at the beginning of the 1920s, to the promulgation of the amending bill on 30 April 1930, ten years of drafting, of 'inter-cameral tribulations', all of this punctuated by the various changes of parliamentary majority. One man was the key to the construction of this law: Edouard Grinda. The doctor deputy of Maralpine origin, endeavours during three consecutive legislatures to have the law discussed, voted and applied, of which he is the relentless defender. The precise study of the elaboration of the law - in committee - and of its discussion - in public session - allows us to shed new light on the question of social insurance, and on the more general functioning of French political life.