Legal 397K Spring 2021

LEGAL 397K Spring 2021

Course Schedule* DATE & TOPIC ASSIGNED READING ACTIVITIES DUE

WEEK 1 | Feb 1-6

Introductions What is human trafficking?

• Aronowitz, A. 2009. “What is Human Trafficking?” in Human Trafficking, Human Misery. Praeger.

• Browse: ‣ UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress & Punish

Trafficking in Persons, 2000 ‣ US Trafficking Victims Protection Act

(TVPA), 2000

• Course Scavenger Hunt, due by WED

• Reading, Comments & Responses in Perusall due by FRI

WEEK 2 | Feb 7-13

Defining and Measuring Trafficking

• Aronowitz, A. 2009. “Contrasting Perspectives” in Human Trafficking, Human Misery. Praeger.

• Global Slavery Index

• Watch Lecture by THU

• Reading Comments in Perusall due THU; Responses due FRI.

WEEK 3 | Feb 14-20

Slavery: Now & Then • Bales, K. 1999. “Slavery and the Human Right to Evil” in Understanding Slavery.

• Bales, K. 1999. “No One Shall Be Held in Slavery or Servitude: A Critical Analysis of International Slavery Agreements” in Understanding Slavery.



WEEK 4 | Feb 21-27

Trafficking & Prostitution

• Nichols, A. 2016. “Prostitution” in Sex Trafficking in the U.S. Columbia.

• Film: Red Light Green Light



WEEK 5 | Feb 28-Mar 6

Labor (& Other) Trafficking

• Bales, K. 2010. “Slaves in the Pastures of Plenty” in The Slave Next Door. UC Press.

• Browse Polaris Project’s “Typology of Modern Slavery” in the U.S.



WEEK 6 | Mar 7-13

DATE & TOPIC

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Agency and Victimhood

• NY Times Room for Debate: “Is Legalized Prostitution Safer?”

• Vlieger, A, 2012. “Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia and the Emirates: Trafficking Victims?” International Migration 50(6).



• Choose Film for Paper, due FRI.

WEEK 7 | Mar 14-20

Trafficking, Citizenship & Migration

• Plambech, S. 2014. “Between ‘Victims’ And ‘Criminals’” Social Politics 21(3).



EXAM 1 Begin Exam Fri. Mar. 19 between 9 am - 9 pm

WEEK 8 | Mar 21-27

Traffickers & Trafficking as Business

• Chin, K. and J. Finckenauer. 2011. "Chickenheads, Agents, Mommies, and Jockeys.” Crime, Law & Social Change 56.

• Shelley, L. 2010. “The Business of Human Trafficking” in Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective. Cambridge.



WEEK 9 | Mar 28-Apr 3

Legal Response: Prevention, Protection & Prosecution

• Browse UNODC’s SHERLOC Case Law Database

• Farrell, A. & R. Pfeffer. 2014. “Policing Human Trafficking: Cultural Blinders and Organizational Barriers." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 653.



• Paper Outline due on DB FRI. Apr. 2

WEEK 10 | Apr 4-10

Law in Practice 1: Realities & Legal Ambiguities

• Molland, S. 2012. The Perfect Business?: Anti-Trafficking and the Sex Trade Along the Mekong. U Hawai'i Press. ‣ Excerpts of Ch. 1 (pp. 1-6, 11-13, 18-28) ‣ Ch. 4 ‣ Ch. 5


• Original DB Post due THU; Respond by FRI

WEEK 11 | Apr 11-17

ASSIGNED READING ACTIVITIES DUEDATE & TOPIC



Law in Practice 2: Institutional Responses

• Molland, S. 2012. The Perfect Business?: ‣ Ch. 6 ‣ Ch. 7 ‣ Ch. 8


• Original DB Post due THU; Respond by FRI

• First Draft Paper due FRI. Apr. 16

WEEK 12 | Apr 18-24

Life After Trafficking • Brennan, D. 2014. “Starting Over” in Life Interrupted. Duke U Press.



• Peer Review due FRI. Apr. 23

WEEK 13 | Apr 25-May 1

The Future of Counter-Trafficking Law & Research

• DoCarmo, T. 2019. “Ethical Considerations for Studying Human Trafficking” in Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking. Palgrave.



• Paper Improvement Survey due FRI. Apr. 30

EXAM 2 Begin Exam Mon. May 3 between 9 am -9 pm EST

FINALS WEEK FINAL PAPER DUE May 10

ASSIGNED READING ACTIVITIES DUEDATE & TOPIC


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