Sex and the contract : from infamous commerce to the market for sexual goods and services / by Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich.
2011
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Author
Title
Sex and the contract : from infamous commerce to the market for sexual goods and services / by Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.
Call Number
K5295 .Z46 2011
ISBN
9789004201781 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004201785 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004201785 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xiv, 141 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)698451412
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-137) and index.
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Table of Contents
Table of cases
ix
ch. One
An Introduction to Sex Markets
1
a.
What are "sex markets"?
2
b.
Law and economics in sex markets
10
ch. Two
Sexual Services
13
a.
Prostitution
13
b.
Contracts related to prostitution
19
c.
Striptease, lap-dancing, peep-shows
23
d.
Sex over the phone and the Internet
25
ch. Three
Sexual Goods
29
a.
Pornography
29
b.
Sex-enhancing products
33
c.
Aphrodisiacs
36
ch. Four
Sex and Property Rights
39
a.
Property of obscene objects
39
b.
Copyright
40
c.
Trademarks, patents and other forms of protection of intellectual property
44
ch. Five
Sex Industries
49
a.
Producers of pornographic films
50
b.
Adult entertainment TV
51
c.
"Red light" cinemas, night-clubs, prives, sex shops
53
d.
Licensing and zoning
55
e.
Sex tourism
59
ch. Six
The Protection of Sex Consumers
63
a.
The parties
63
b.
Sale of goods
64
c.
Services
65
d.
Payment
66
e.
Unfair terms and deceptive practices
66
f.
The applicable law
67
ch. Seven
Sex as a Profession
69
a.
Human dignity and the validity of acts of disposal of one's body
69
b.
The disposability of one's sexual features
71
c.
The 'commodification debate'
74
d.
The reality of sex workers
76
e.
The quest for respectability
78
ch. Eight
Of Sex and of Love
83
a.
Cohabitation, premarital, marital, and post-marital agreements
84
b.
Marriage brokerage
88
c.
On-line dating services
94
ch. Nine
A Comparative View
97
a.
The In pari causa turpitudinis and Ex turpi causa non oritur actio rules
97
b.
The prohibitionist/feminist approach
101
c.
The market approach
107
d.
European perspectives: Towards a 'common market'?
109
e.
International trade issues
113
f.
Regulation and reform
115
g.
Social norms
117
Concluding Remarks
119
a.
Interdisciplinarity and plurality of legal approaches
119
b.
Non-market sex
121
c.
Sex and sexual ability as a human right
124
d.
Sexual freedom
125
e.
Sexual immorality: A notion that has made its time?
126
Bibliography
127
Index
139