During the last decades prostitution has become a frequent subject of research of many
different fields, including law. This thesis, in which the author addresses a certain authority’s
relationship to prostitution, also deals with the topic through analysis of legal rules and actual
measures intended for oppression, limitation and prosecution of prostitution in a certain
period. The thesis is set chronologically: from the first civilizations to present day.
Geographically, its focus is on Europe, with the exception of the first chapter, which
addresses Mesopotamia. Due to the vast geographical and time frame of the subject of study,
the author introduces only the acts and measures that, according to the author’s opinion,
influenced a certain period the most or had the most long-term influence on legal regulation of
prostitution.
Since prostitution is a social phenomena, certain chapters also introduce some historic
social circumstances, that had an important influence on law-making in relationship to
prostitution.
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