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Teen Prostitution In Japan: Regulation Of Telephone Clubs, Andrew D. Morrison

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The history of prostitution in Japan may be traced to the eighth century. Originally, prostitutes carried on their trade individually and independently. Around the thirteenth century, however, the nature of prostitution changed, as prostitutes formed small enterprises located in red-light districts. By the seventeenth century, red-light districts existed throughout Japan.

In 1900, the Japanese government, realizing the widespread proliferation of the prostitution industry, passed the Regulation for Control of Prostitutes. The law regulated prostitution nationwide by requiring prostitutes to register with local government authorities and to undergo regular health inspections. This system continued until the end of World War Two, …

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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Extraterritorial Employment Standards of the United States: The Regulation of the Overseas Workplace

By James Michael Zimmerman

New York, New York: Quorum Books, 1992. Pp.206.

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Fact-Finding before International Tribunals

Edited by Richard B. Lillich

Irvington-on-Hudson, New York: Transnational Publishers Inc., 1992, Pp. 338.

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International Human Rights Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Edited by Angela D. Byre and Bevereley Y. Byfield

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1991. Pp. 398.