Juridical Context Research Articles

Tinjauan Yuridis Tentang Implementasi Prinsip Pancasila Sebagai Landasan Politik Di Indonesia

Pancasila has been the main political foundation in Indonesia since its independence in 1945. The implementation of Pancasila principles in state politics has been the subject of important juridical debate. This article investigates the juridical review of the implementation of the Pancasila principles as a political foundation in Indonesia. Through analysis of the constitution, court decisions, and academic discussions, this research explores how the principles of Pancasila are understood, interpreted, and applied in the Indonesian political context. The results of this research provide an in-depth understanding of the role and relevance of Pancasila in the formation of public policy and the protection of human rights in Indonesia. Pancasila, as the foundation of the Indonesian state, has a very important role in determining the direction of state political policy. The implementation of Pancasila principles as a political foundation has become a significant debate in the juridical context in Indonesia. This research aims to conduct an in-depth review of the implementation of Pancasila principles in Indonesian political policy juridically.

A Companion to the Spanish Scholastics ed. by Harald E. Braun, Erik de Bom, and Paolo Astorri

Reviewed by: A Companion to the Spanish Scholastics ed. by Harald E. Braun, Erik de Bom, and Paolo Astorri Ulrich L. Lehner A Companion to the Spanish Scholastics. Edited by Harald E. Braun, Erik De Bom, and Paolo Astorri. Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition Series 102. Leiden: Brill, 2022. Pp. 627. $275.00 (hard). ISBN: 978-90-04-29441-7. Interest in Spanish Scholasticism has been thriving for a number of years now, but hitherto neither beginner nor seasoned academic had a reliable guide available to maneuver these difficult waters. This new companion, published in Brill’s reputable series, provides such an orientation. The editors have wisely decided to carve up the otherwise unpalatable mass of information into nine parts, each presenting two or three chapters. The first two parts of the handbook give, over one hundred pages, a detailed overview of the contexts of Spanish Scholasticism. It seems that sometimes the chapter titles do not properly correspond to the text. For example, the chapter “Theology” by Christophe Grellard does not introduce Spanish Scholasticism as such but sets out to merely present the “social, cultural and intellectual context in which the theological doctrines of Salamanca took shape” (32), thus giving a very narrow window into the cosmos of Scholastic thought. Although the author skillfully shows how the encounter with Protestant theologies and Columbian culture animated Domingo de Soto and Domingo de las Cuevas to reflect on the sufficiency of implicit faith among the colonial natives, he never delivers the promised “social context,” and at times does not explain important concepts. For example, it is not enough to state that a “moderate nominalism” can be compatible with Thomism without giving a hint of how such a convergence would come about and what it would entail (35). After all, this seems to be a crucial piece of contextualization and necessary for the chapter to work as an introduction and guide. Thomas Duve provides in the next chapter not only an excellent overview of the juridical context, but also corrects widespread exaggerated views of the Salamancans, especially Vitoria. Research has demonstrated that Vitoria was “part of a broad intellectual current that had not started in Salamanca but that he had brought it with him, which means it started there later than in Paris, perhaps also later than in Cologne or Louvain” (72). Following Scattola, Duve reminds the reader that Salamanca was less a “school” and more a “community of discourse” and a “community of practice.” Consequently, we should not look for its normative results but rather see it as a network in which the forms of discourse about normative knowledge were under consideration (76). One of the most original and enlightening chapters is Mara Vega’s account of how Scholastics managed dissent. Carefully examining Scholastic taxonomies of dissent and disagreement, she shows how the censurae became a standard reference point for theologians from the fifteenth century on. Melchor Cano, for example, articulated how the censures help the theologian to stay clear from error, diagnose errors with precision, and engage productively in controversies (89). If error, however, included stubborn resistance to the truth, could a heretic’s proposition be considered in abstracto or was it [End Page 347] also necessary to consider his or her moral status? Suarez suggested that there were two types of heretical propositions, one of which could be judged considering the character of the person, while the other comprised propositions that were “heretical in themselves, absolutely and independently” (95). More difficult to judge were propositions bordering on heresy (99). A few errors slipped into Vega’s bibliography: two cited authors were omitted (Antonio Cordoba and Antonio de Panormo), and some entries do not give the volume number of rather large sets such as Banez’s Commentaria or the Cursus Salmanticensis. The more specialized first part looks at theological questions. Paolo Broggio’s chapter deals with grace. His claim that “Lutheranism”—not clear whether he means Luther, Melanchthon, or someone else—places “itself in close proximity to Peter Lombard and Thomas itself” and thus pushed men like Erasmus to reflections that could be coined “pre-Molinist” is not only imprecise and overly...

Factors influencing the assessment of witnesses in juridical contexts: a literature review. Legal, civil and psychological implications

PurposeThis study aims to provide an overview of studies concerning bias in law, particularly in judges’ decisions. The authors intend to bring to light the factors that can most frequently lead to unequal decisions to enable judges to better perform their function.Design/methodology/approachA literature review was used as a methodology based on studies involving judges and juries.FindingsThe evidence reported by this review suggests how difficult the judge’s job is and how they can be unconsciously influenced by inferences, deductions and biases. The results show that the pleasantness of the witness and the confidence they exhibit during testification are crucial factors in influencing the decisions of judges and jurors. From these studies, it can be assumed that different personal aspects – smiling, pleasantness and the witness’s credibility – can be positively associated with each other, which could compromise the ongoing evaluation. Gender is another factor that can influence evaluations; in fact, witnesses are evaluated based on their own “gender” as well as that of the jurors. Another essential factor is self-confidence. Also, the age of both of the judge and of the witness can be a factor that influences decisions in court. Other factors such as communication effectiveness, degree of accuracy of reported information and non-verbal behaviour were also found to be important.Research limitations/implicationsAmong the limitations of this research, the authors have to consider the low number of available research and that the most of these derive from a specific cultural context – the American one. There may also be limits to the way in which certain concepts are used in different parts of the world, particularly through a very broad construct, such as the credibility of witness.Practical implicationsThis study highlights which inferences and biases can characterise decision-making processes and, above all, highlights the need for specific training courses aimed at managing the many processes involved in influencing human decisions.Social implicationsThe authors believe that this work can raise awareness about the series of unconscious reasoning that may happen in the legal field, which has a major impact on people’s lives and on the general perception of justice.Originality/valueIn this research, the authors have considered some of the criteria that may intervene in the evaluation of witnesses, those present in the current scientific literature. From the research, it seems appropriate and necessary to provide judges with adequate training aimed at the recognition of their cognitive processes and bias. In fact, when they were made aware of them, they were less affected by bias, resulting in more objective and limiting improper inferences.

“The Ship Dieth at Sea”: Metaphor and Maritime Law

This article proposes a new methodology for engaging with early modern legal metaphor. It argues that a full account of the trope must integrate its legal-historical, cultural, literary, and philosophical dimensions. After discussing what makes early modern legal metaphor unique (and thus uniquely challenging to decipher), I consider various philosophical, legal, cognitive, and literary approaches to the rhetorical figure and demonstrate how each perspective adds additional insight to its untangling in juridical contexts. The article culminates in a reading of a single metaphor taken from lawyer John Exton's treatise “The maritime dicæologie, or, the Sea-jurisdiction of England” (1664): “The ship dieth at sea.” Ultimately, I argue that this metaphor references admiralty actions in rem, which were integral to the functioning of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English High Court of Admiralty, an interpretation that emerges only when accounting for the trope in both its textual and intertextual frameworks.

Legal Arguments and Case Law Precedents: An Experiment in Judicial-Sociological Experiment Between Practice and Theory

The object of this paper is to analyze some main types of judicial arguments based on precedents to grasp their relevance and range in practice. The analysis is drawn from the case law of the Italian Court of Cassation Civil United Sections, to elicit a comparison between the uses of precedents in different legal systems. However, the analysis is of an explanatory or critical-reconstructive nature and illustrates a series of uses and problems linked to judicial reasoning, the scope of which is general and therefore goes beyond the specific juridical context at hand. The analysis is conducted from an internal point of view and, particularly from the standpoint of the decision-maker (i.e., the judge) and addresses some vexatae quaestiones surrounding the idea that case law is the source of law in practice. This study the opinion that the argument surrounding precedent is, in fact, a very heterogeneous and much more extensive family of arguments than what is usually assumed from traditional taxonomies of judicial arguments. Moreover, the study defends the opinion that case law is inevitably a 'source of law' for pragmatic reasons inherent to judicial reasoning.

Thomas Aquinas's and Herbert McCabe's Relational/Friendship Understanding of Christ's Passion

AbstractIn this essay, I argue that Thomas Aquinas's and Herbert McCabe's soteriological paradigms are immensely compatible with one another. In contrast to the presuppositions held by certain interpreters of Thomas, I contend that Aquinas, like McCabe, rejects a primarily juridical/transactional understanding of Christ's Passion, and, in light of this fact, it is a mistake to assert that his soteriology is a precursor to later penal-substitutionary conceptions of the atonement. Once Aquinas's and McCabe's teachings are correctly situated within a relational/friendship rather than juridical context, their similarities and mutual aversion to penal-substitutionary atonement becomes explicit. Likewise, after appropriately identifying McCabe's indebtedness to Aquinas's thought, one can perceive his unique and substantial contribution to the Church's understanding of Christ's salvific work. The comparison between Aquinas and McCabe, in particular, provides clarity to a proper conception of the intrinsic disordering of sin and the essential character of Christ's meritorious love and obedience offered to God the Father.

Catholic Transitions and Tensions: Marriage, Divorce, Plural Normative Standards, and New Paradigms

In the framework of the process of secularization of civil society, the institution of marriage has traditionally been at the crossroads between religious and secular law, and it gives the opportunity to investigate whether and to what degree a religious law can develop when it interacts with a secular juridical context without weakening its identity. The Italian lawmaker has traditionally adopted a “benevolent secularism” approach, trying to balance new social expectations with the Catholic idea of marriage. The above-mentioned approach has resulted in aligning with the mainstream opinions in Italian society, which are consistent with the guidelines of the Catholic Church. Indeed, in Italy, the Catholic Church, which considers marriage as a sacred unbreakable bond between a man and a woman, has often had an open and incisive influence on legislative policy choices. Since 1970, there has a been a gradual erosion of Catholic influence on public policies. New statutes and judicial rulings concerning such issue have emphasized a sharp ideological and political polarization between two opposite ethical narratives: the secular and the religious/Catholic one. Catholic tenets are no more able to influence political democratic processes. In the last fifty years, Italian legislation has followed a more progressive direction with regard to the issue of marriage, taking distances from the Catholic model. The Italian legal system has also started to face controversial issues, such as the status of same-sex unions, recognizing broader rights with a view to guaranteeing the coexistence of multiple views about marriage. Thus, the Catholic Church is challenged by new paradigms and is undergoing deep internal tensions and transitions. The present paper aims to focus on some new challenges, with regard to the status of divorcees who married again, unmarried couples, and same-sex couples in canon law. In the framework of the debate concerning the role and the reformability of religious laws, it will take into consideration new pontifical approaches.

2. Legal and Social Review of Child Marriage in Pakistan: A Judicial Perspective

Child marriage in Pakistan is associated with social, economic, and juridical aspects rather than mere religion. It is an exception to general Islamic law for the best interests of the child. The determination of the legal age of marriage for a child is discussed, but no efficient steps are taken in Pakistan. Marriage is still regulated by an old ambiguous colonial law. Furthermore, penal amendments are introduced with zero implementation. Although child marriage is covered by penal clauses, the courts recognise such marital contracts. Recently, FST (Federal Shariat Court) and IHC (Islamabad High Court) discussed this matter in detail and equalised child marriage as a crime clearly. These courts confirmed the determination of the legal age for marriage according to sharia. Moreover, several contemporary legal principles of Islamic jurisprudence are stressed on this issue. It is highlighted to examine child marriage in the context of social and public interest. The research at hand will review child marriage in the juridical context of the courts. It will denote the social aspects of this issue. This article will analyse the latest judgments of FST and IHC.

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXTRA JUDICIAL PROCEDURE OF NAME AND GENDER ALTERATION IN THE CITY OF FORTALEZA

This article aims to analyze provision n. 73 of the National Council of Justice (CNJ), 2018, which foresees sex and name alterations for transsexuals directly in the civil registry, as well as the effectiveness of this norm in the city of Fortaleza one year after its publication. The provision was before conditioned to a medical diagnosis, a surgical intervention of sexual reversion and a judicial process. Now, it allows the adaptation of trans people gender condition to their civil registry by self-declaration. Enacted ten days after the WHO removed transsexuality of its diseases and disorders list, the National Justice Council represented a meaningful advance in the field of the rights of excluded people from their citizenship due to a gender orientation and sexuality which differs from the binary man/woman orientation. In order to accomplish this article, critical gender theories in law were articulated to comprehend social and juridical struggles regarding sexuality, with a research in the Civil Registry of Fortaleza. This analysis is justified as a better knowledge of the juridical context in which this innovation happens, as well as the causes that enabled or inhibited the access of trans population to registry services, allowing the elaboration of public policies destined to amplify the number of beneficiaries by the right of civil registry alteration by self-declaration. It is verified that, despite the meaningful numbers regarding trans population in Fortaleza, it is still very a very modest number.

Exploring the role of place in sex work through participant photography

In this article, the authors explore the place-based experiences of sex workers and how these experiences intersect with the juridical realm of sex work. The article begins with an overview of the model informing Canadian legislation, how these laws influence spatial practices, and the impact of these practices on the lives of sex workers. Drawing on findings from a visual research study where 15 sex workers used photography and art to explore their lived experiences, the authors describe how sex work places are shaped by their juridical contexts, influencing experiences of power and privilege, collaboration, identity, stigma, autonomy, safety and support services. These findings highlight that place is a critical factor shaping participants’ overall experiences in the sex industry and contributes to the disparate realities of sex work in the Canadian context. Participant photographs are also described in this article, as these visual representations further communicate the role of place as experienced and understood by sex workers. Recommendations include legislative considerations, inclusive service delivery practices as identified by participants, and a call for further research that examines place-based experiences of sex work on an international scale.

Formulation of the Proposed Regional Regulation (Raperda) on Islamic Boarding Schools in Salatiga City after the Ratification of Law No. 18 of 2019 concerning Islamic Boarding Schools in the Era of Regional Autonomy

This research discusses the formulation of the proposed Raperda in Salatiga City which until now has not published the Raperda Pesantren as a mandate from Law no.18 of 2019 concerning Islamic Boarding Schools. This research is expected to be a guide for the Salatiga city government in making the Raperda Pesantren so that it does not conflict with the spirit of the issuance of the Pesantren Law. This study uses an empirical juridical method by analyzing the attribution of the Islamic boarding school law to the local government in a juridical context and conducting interviews with data sources related to the non-accommodation of the regional regulation on boarding schools in Salatiga City. The results of this study conclude two things. First, the Raperda of Islamic Boarding Schools in Salatiga City has not been accommodated because the Salatiga City Government believes that Islamic boarding schools are religious matters that cannot be autonomous, or are not educational matters. Second, the formulation of the proposed Raperda in Salatiga City covers 3 main things, namely: 1) the involvement of the Salatiga City Government in the provision of education by facilitating cottages or dormitories and mosques or prayer rooms; 2) the involvement of the Salatiga City Government in the Islamic boarding school's missionary function; and 3) the involvement of the Regional Government in the function of community empowerment.

The prayers of evocatio and devotio: Between religious ritual and Roman law

Abstract This paper, which is a work in progress and a continuation of previous articles that were published on the Roman concepts of evocatio and devotio, will explore a new approach: the juridical context and implications of these religious and magical rituals. After reminding briefly the traditional interpretation (religious prayers pronounced only in a context of war) and the results of our previous articles 1 (evocatio was not limited to military context, and evocatio and devotio included magical elements very similar to formulas of execration (defixiones), we will ask questions that seem to be innovative: on the one hand, “can we compare these prayers with juridical contracts?”, and on the other hand, “had these rituals juridical and political consequences?”, such as the loss of status of a person (in this case, the devotio of enemies) and the loss of status of a place/city (in the case of evocatio). Were these religious rituals a way of making possible the symbolical destruction of a territory and the transfer of a divinity's statue to Rome, and consequently a way of making possible the real destruction of this territory and justifying its conquest? To carry out this study, we will analyze different texts that mention evocatio and devotio, and we will contrast them with texts that refer to juridical concepts (such as consecratio capitis et bonorum, exsecratio, bellum iustum, and damnatio memoriae). We will also analyze the case of cities (Veii, Praeneste, Falerii Veteres, and Carthago) that probably lost their juridical and political status after a war and after religious rituals such as evocatio and devotio. It would not be the first time that religion was used for political reasons, to justify Roman imperialism.

Decolonizing health care: Challenges of cultural and epistemic pluralism in medical decision-making with Indigenous communities.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada made it clear that understanding the historical, social, cultural, and political landscape that shapes the relationships between Indigenous peoples and social institutions, including the health care system, is crucial to achieving social justice. How to translate this recognition into more equitable health policy and practice remains a challenge. In particular, there is limited understanding of ways to respond to situations in which conventional practices mandated by the state and regulated by its legal apparatus come into direct conflict with the values and autonomy of Indigenous individuals, communities, and nations. In this paper, we consider two cases of conflict between Indigenous and biomedical perspectives to clarify some of the competing values. We argue for the importance of person- and people-centered approaches to health care. These value conflicts must be understood at multiple levels to clarify their personal, social, cultural, and political dimensions. Taking into account the divergence between epistemic cultures and communities allows us to understand the multiple narratives deployed in decision-making processes in clinical, community, and juridical contexts. Recognizing the knowledge claims of Indigenous peoples in health care can help clinicians avoid reinforcing the divides created by the structural and institutional legacy of colonialism. This analysis also provides ways to adjudicate conflicts in health care decision-making by disentangling cultural, political, medical, and pragmatic issues to allow for respectful dialogue. Insofar as the engagement with cultural pluralism in health care rights is conducted with reciprocal recognition, the medical community and Indigenous peoples can address together the difficult question of how to integrate different epistemic cultures in the health care system.

Qualitative Liability in the Early Modern Low Countries (ca. 1425–1650)

Abstract In his ‘Inleidinge tot de Hollantsche Rechtsgeleertheyt’, Hugo Grotius introduced the concept of wrong-by-construction-of-law (‘misdaed door wetsduidinge’), the idea that civil law could assign liability to someone who had not committed any fault, i.e. merely because of his or her ‘capacity’ or ‘quality’ as a parent, as an owner of an animal, as an inhabitant of a building, or as an employer or shipowner. This contribution situates Grotius’s views on qualitative liability within the wider Netherlandish learned juridical context of his time, and especially studies the role of fault (‘culpa’) and presumptions of fault in the learned theories on qualitative liability. Apart from printed treatises and volumes of consilia, this contribution also takes into account hitherto unstudied handwritten lecture notes of the late medieval and early modern university of Leuven.

The legal framework for the Syrian urban reconstruction

Purpose As the Syrian civil war winds down, the massive reconstruction of the devastated cities has become a recurring subject of political and scientific discussions. A crucial question pervades all these debates: is the current legal framework adequate for confronting the reconstruction challenges in an effective way? With the purpose of understanding and informing the question, this study aims to analyze the most important legal instrument for the Syrian urban reconstruction, Law 10/2018. Design/methodology/approach A functional analysis of the legal text and of its effective implementation is provided. Following a doctrinal legal approach, internal inconsistencies are highlighted, as well as possible “legal gaps” that might allow and favor instances of disrespect of the rule of law and regulatory capture. Findings The main hypotheses discussed are, first, from a descriptive-analytical perspective, that the neoliberal trend in the Syrian political economy underpins the legal framework for the Syrian reconstruction. Second, from a design perspective, that, while offering a strong mechanism for disciplining the Syrian urban planning, Law 10/2018 does not warrant a scenario of respect of the rule of law and seems too easy prey for regulatory capture. Originality/value While the most recent and prominent legal instrument aimed to frame Syrian post-war reconstruction, Law 10/2018, has been subject to multiple policy analyzes and critiques, these have focused almost exclusively on its presumed warchitecture dimension, lacking contextual depth and, most worryingly, ignoring any kind of doctrinal legal analysis. Setting the Law 10/2018 in its legal context is something that has not been done yet, even if, according to their own ontology, legal provisions have to be understood within the context of the legal system they are inserted in. This paper delves into the subject, analyzing the legal text, its juridical context and the way it has been interpreted by the administrative decision-maker while looking at instances where the axiological goals constitutionally proclaimed and legally enshrined might be prevented by the very regulatory configuration.

Gender differences in the prosecution of police assault: Evidence from a natural experiment in Sweden.

States often seek to regulate the use of police force though citizen complaint systems. This paper examines these systems, specifically, whether patterns of bias found in other juridical contexts are mirrored in the adjudication of police assault. The analysis focuses on prosecutors as the first instance of adjudication who determine whether to move forward with investigation, effectively deciding the majority of cases. We ask whether prosecutor sex is associated with the probability that a police assault claim will be investigated. We leverage a natural experiment in Sweden where prosecutors are assigned through a modified lottery system, effectively randomizing appointment. Our findings suggest that prosecutor gender plays a role in judicial outcomes: women prosecutors are 16 percentage points more likely to investigate claims of police assault than their male counterparts. These findings have implications for scholars interested in state human rights abuses, democratic institutions, and judicial inequality.

Diseases, Doctors and Patient-Doctor Relationships in Ottoman Cyprus as Revealed in Sharia Court Records

Throughout history, Cyprus has hosted many civilizations and states due to its strategic location in the Mediterranean. One of them is the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans conquered the island in 1571 and maintained their rule until 1878. The scholarly attempt to grasp the Ottoman Empire with its all institutional, political, social, economic and cultural aspects has been one of the fields of interest for world historiography. It is obvious that local history studies in the countries experienced the Ottoman rule, would help and contribute to draw a general picture of the Ottoman Empire. In this context, the current work, mainly relying on the religious court records, aims to identify the diseases except the contagious ones such as cholera, plague and malaria. The other aim is to investigate and analyse the doctor-patient relations within social, economic and juridical contexts in Ottoman Cyprus. The results reveal that the overwhelming majority of the doctors operating in Cyprus were in private practice until the second half of the 19th century when the Ottomans started the centralization and modernization of its institutions including the health services, and thus to view the healthcare services as a public service. Although the state did not take responsibility for public healthcare services for public, it had a certain control mechanism on the doctors and their operations.

ESCHINE E IL PROGETTO DI SOLONE SULL’EDUCAZIONE DEI GIOVANI: L’INTERPRETAZIONE DELLE LEGGI SOLONIANE NELL’ORAZIONE CONTRO TIMARCO

This article analyses the role of Solon’s laws in the discourse Against Timarchus with particular reference to the educational project that the speaker attributes to this ancient legislator. After explaining the historical and juridical context of the trial (§ 1), firstly, I describe what laws the speaker calls into question (§2); then, I discuss the issue of the reliability of the attribution of these laws to Solon (§ 3); finally, I present some considerations on Aeschines’ rhetorical strategy and I argue that not only his laws, but also his poems, his role as political speaker and the very character of Solon form an integral part of this strategy (§ 4).

Spreading "the pride of the race" abroad: the shadow of racial laws in the italian schools of Tunisia

The introduction of anti-Jewish legislation in Italian schools, since September 1938, had been studied by several historiographical works. However, the application of the racial laws – both as jurisdictional precepts and as propaganda – in the educational institutions of the Italian communities abroad is less known. The fascist regime had deployed a considerable effort in the fascistization of emigrants, and schools had already played a key role in this work of political education, even before 1938. After the outbreak of State anti-Semitism, he answers given by the local authorities of Fascist regime, essentially the political representative and the scholastic staff, were heterogeneous and greatly influenced by the different political, cultural and juridical contexts in which they operated. For this reason too, the studies on the subject are still rare and fragmented. Using a little-known documentation, like the funds of “Scuole Italiane all’Estero”, the article aims to reconstruct the translation of the racial directives from Italy to Tunisia in its various facets, without neglecting the voices of the protagonists, collected during the period 2013-2017. From this first analysis, the Tunisian case appears as emblematic to understand how, and how far, the local fascist authorities translated the directives of racial exclusion from the centre to the periphery, as well as the importance of diligence and conformism in the mechanism of persecution.

The Role of Place in the Lives of Sex Workers: A Sociospatial Analysis of Two International Case Studies

This article conceptualizes how place-based analysis can generate innovative understandings of sex work and spatial justice, including ways in which stigma, well-being, and marginality are embodied in sex work places. Focusing on three interconnected dimensions of place—geographic location, material environment, and sociopower structures—this article examines the unexplored realm of place and sex work. Beginning with an analysis of existing sex work literature and knowledge relating to dimensions of place, we explicate the role of feminist ideologies, juridical contexts, and the built environment as the conceptual and analytic groundwork for a place-based understanding of sex work. Architectural spatial methods then generate a place-based analysis of two case study exemplars: the Residence in Western Canada and the Strichtplatz in Zurich, Switzerland. We conclude by considering avenues to incorporate place theory into sex work research and the social work discipline, ultimately advocating for research, policy, and practice that concomitantly address sex workers’ social and spatial oppression.