Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article identifies and analyzes the role of law in constructing personhood and the impact of such construction on human trafficking. Who is a “person”? Are all human beings “persons”? Are children, legal immigrants, undocumented migrants, ex-convicts, and/or individuals who have been trafficked “persons” or “quasipersons” under contemporary law? The concept and term “person” is ubiquitous in the legal literature – in statutes, constitutions, and treaties. It is deployed and manipulated by courts and legislatures to give and withhold rights to groups, entities, and individuals within societies. However, where legal recognition and protection of personhood is withheld, it creates vulnerability and increases opportunities for exploitation, including human trafficking.
First Page
467
Last Page
500
Publication Date
6-1-2011
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Bravo, Karen E.
(2011)
"On Making Persons: Legal Constructions of Personhood and Their Nexus with Human Trafficking,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 31:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
Suggested Citation
Karen E. Bravo, On Making Persons: Legal Constructions of Personhood and Their Nexus with Human Trafficking, 31 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 467 (2011).
