No One Shall Be Held in Slavery or Servitude: A critical analysis of international slavery conventions
Traces the development of slavery definitions in international agreements from 1815 to 2001. Overview of slavery definitions in international law; Historical analysis of the evolution of slavery definitions in international agreements; Analysis of the main characteristics of slavery in international agreements; Types of social theory that can be used in illuminating slavery; Discussion on the dimensions of slavery.
The Sex Sector : the economic and social bases of prostitution in Southeast Asia
Focuses on the commercial sex sector and its institutional structures and connections with the national and international economies. Case studies of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are included. The text examines how vested economic interests and unequal social relations between the sexes and between parents and children interact with considerations based on human rights, workers' rights, morality, criminality, and health threats to influence the legal stance adopted by governments and the social programmes targeting the sex sector. A chapter specifically addresses child prostitution and explains why it should be treated as a much more serious problem than adult prostitution.
Ending the War with Germany
Most of our Allies in the second World War, with the exception of the Soviet Union, have already some time ago declared by municipal law that the war with Germany has come to an end. This example has now been followed also by this country. H. J. Res. 289, passed long ago by the House of Representatives and passed by the Senate on October 18, 1951, was signed by the President the next day. Under this Joint Resolution the war with Germany came to an end on October 19, 1951, at 5 -.45 p.m. This action of the Congress was taken in pursuance of a communication * which the President of the United States had sent on July 9, 1951, to the Vice President and the Speaker of the House. The Draft Resolution, annexed to this communication, proposed: