PROPERTY AND THE DEFINITION OF SLAVERY

被引:12
作者
Allain, Jean [1 ,2 ]
Hickey, Robin [3 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Law, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[2] Univ Pretoria, Fac Law, Human Rights Ctr, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
[3] Durham Law Sch, Durham, England
关键词
enslavement; exploitation; possession; property; slavery; trafficking;
D O I
10.1017/S0020589312000450
中图分类号
D9 [法律]; DF [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
Currently there is no clear understanding of the meaning of 'slavery' in modern international law. While generally it is accepted that the authoritative definition of slavery is provided by Article 1 of the Slavery Convention 1926, in recent times slavery has been understood in such a wide variety of ways that effectively it is a meaningless term. This paper reflects on this interpretation problem and aims to redress this balance by reclaiming the core meaning of the legal definition. It applies property law perspectives to explain the conception of ownership invoked by Article 1, to argue that it remains relevant and to explore how it might be applied in identifying modern cases of slavery.
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页码:915 / 938
页数:24
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