Jane Scoular: The Subject of Prostitution: Sex Work, Law and . . . In the introduction, Scoular sets the scene for ‘how law matters’ in the regulation of sex work She outlines the discursive frameworks through which ‘prostitution’ has been, and is, understood, and the political stalemate between regulatory responses, whether abolitionism, regulationism or decriminalisation
The Subject of Prostitution | Sex Work, Law and Social Theory . . . The book analyses contemporary citizenship discourse and the law's ability to meet the competing demands of empowerment by sex workers and protection by radical feminists who view prostitution as the epitome of patriarchal sexual and economic relations
Understanding the Law’s Relationship with Sex Work . . . This special issue takes a broad, critical approach to the relationship between sex work and the law, inspired by Jane Scoular’s (2010) question: does the law matter in sex work?
The Subject of Prostitution: Sex Work, Law and Social Theory The book analyses contemporary citizenship discourse and the law's ability to meet the competing demands of empowerment by sex workers and protection by radical feminists who view prostitution as the epitome of patriarchal sexual and economic relations
Regulating sex work : from crime control to neo-liberalism? How and why law matters in the regulation of sex work Jane Scoular -- Mainstreaming the sex industry : economic inclusion and social ambivalence Barbara G Brents and Teela Sanders -- The movement to criminalise sex work in the United States Ronald Weitzer -- When (some) prostitution is legal : the impact of law reform on sex work in
The Changing Social and Legal Context of Sexual Commerce . . . This volume seeks to respond to a particular moment in the study of commercial sex and its governance, pinpointed by an unprecedented rise in, and increased visibility of, sexual commerce and consumption and corresponding growth in associated forms of regulation
Whats Law Got to Do with It? How and Why Law Matters in the . . . role of modern law in regulating sex work This approach not only more accurately elucidates the ways in which law supports dominant structures, in this case neo-liberalism, but offers some optimism for its (albeit limited) potential to transform INTRODUCTION A discussion of the regulation of sex work typically begins by highlighting the