Chapter One An Introduction to Sex Markets 1
a. What are "sex markets"? 2
b. Law and economics in sex markets 10
Chapter 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
Chapter Three Sexual Goods 29
a. Pornography 29
b. Sex-enhancing products 33
c. Aphrodisiacs 36
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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