The Legal Understanding Of Slavery: From The Historical To The Contemporary
by Jean Allain /
2012 / English / EPUB
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"Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or
all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are
exercised."
"Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or
all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are
exercised."
So reads the legal definition of slavery agreed by the League of
Nations in 1926. Further enshrined in law during international
negotiations in 1956 and 1998, this definition has been interpreted
in different ways by the international courts in the intervening
years. What can be considered slavery? Should forced labour be
considered slavery? Debt-bondage? Child soldiering? Or forced
marriage?
So reads the legal definition of slavery agreed by the League of
Nations in 1926. Further enshrined in law during international
negotiations in 1956 and 1998, this definition has been interpreted
in different ways by the international courts in the intervening
years. What can be considered slavery? Should forced labour be
considered slavery? Debt-bondage? Child soldiering? Or forced
marriage?
This book explores the limits of how slavery is understood in law.
It shows how the definition of slavery in law and the contemporary
understanding of slavery has continually evolved and continues to
be contentious. It traces the evolution of concepts of slavery,
from Roman law through the Middle Ages, the 18th and 19th
centuries, up to the modern day manifestations, including
manifestations of forced labour and trafficking in persons, and
considers how the 1926 definition can distinguish slavery from
lesser servitudes.
This book explores the limits of how slavery is understood in law.
It shows how the definition of slavery in law and the contemporary
understanding of slavery has continually evolved and continues to
be contentious. It traces the evolution of concepts of slavery,
from Roman law through the Middle Ages, the 18th and 19th
centuries, up to the modern day manifestations, including
manifestations of forced labour and trafficking in persons, and
considers how the 1926 definition can distinguish slavery from
lesser servitudes.
Together the contributors have put together a set of guidelines
intended to clarify the law where slavery is concerned.
Together the contributors have put together a set of guidelines
intended to clarify the law where slavery is concerned.The
Bellagio-Harvard Guidelines on the Legal Parameters of
Slavery,
The
Bellagio-Harvard Guidelines on the Legal Parameters of
Slavery, reproduced here for the first time, takes their
shared understanding of both the past and present to project a
consistent interpretation of the legal definition of slavery for
the future.
reproduced here for the first time, takes their
shared understanding of both the past and present to project a
consistent interpretation of the legal definition of slavery for
the future.