Sex and the Contract : From Infamous Commerce to the Market for Sexual Goods and Services.
Material type: TextSeries: Nijhoff International Trade Law SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (155 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004203044Subject(s): Prostitution | Sex-oriented businesses -- Law and legislationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sex and the Contract : From Infamous Commerce to the Market for Sexual Goods and ServicesDDC classification: 343 LOC classification: K5295 -- .Z46 2011ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Sex and the Contract -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Table of cases -- Chapter One -- An Introduction to Sex Markets -- a. What are "sex markets"? -- b. Law and economics in sex markets -- Chapter Two -- Sexual Services -- a. Prostitution -- b. Contracts related to prostitution -- c. Striptease, lap-dancing, peep-shows -- d. Sex over the phone and the Internet -- Chapter Three -- Sexual Goods -- a. Pornography -- b. Sex-enhancing products -- c. Aphrodisiacs -- Chapter Four -- Sex and Property Rights -- a. Property of obscene objects -- b. Copyright -- c. Trademarks, patents and other forms of protection of intellectual property -- Chapter Five -- Sex Industries -- a. Producers of pornographic films -- b. Adult entertainment TV -- c. "Red light" cinemas, night-clubs, privés, sex shops -- d. Licensing and zoning -- e. Sex tourism -- Chapter Six -- The Protection of Sex Consumers -- a. The parties -- b. Sale of goods -- c. Services -- d. Payment -- e. Unfair terms and deceptive practices -- f. The applicable law -- Chapter Seven -- Sex as a Profession -- a. Human dignity and the validity of acts of disposal of one's body -- b. The disposability of one's sexual features -- c. The 'commodification debate' -- d. The reality of sex workers -- e. The quest for respectability -- Chapter Eight -- Of Sex and of Love -- a. Cohabitation, premarital, marital, and post-marital agreements -- b. Marriage brokerage -- c. On-line dating services -- Chapter Nine -- A Comparative View -- a. The In pari causa turpitudinis and Ex turpi causa non oritur actio rules -- b. The prohibitionist/feminist approach -- c. The market approach -- d. European perspectives: Towards a 'common market'? -- e. International trade issues -- f. Regulation and reform -- g. Social norms -- Concluding Remarks -- a. Interdisciplinarity and plurality of legal approaches.
b. Non-market sex -- c. Sex and sexual ability as a human right -- d. Sexual freedom -- e. Sexual immorality: A notion that has made its time? -- Bibliography -- Index.
A non conventional analysis of the relationship between sexual practices and private law, and of the underlying policies in the light of the growing commodification of sex.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.