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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism, and Unfree Labour 
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch: Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism, and Unfree Labour The Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice is delighted to host the launch of the book Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism, and Unfree Labour  by Prof. Judy Fudge. Modern slavery laws are a response to global capitalism, which undermines the distinction between free and unfree labour and poses intense challenges to state sovereignty. Instead of being a solution, Constructing Modern Slavery argues that modern slavery laws divert attention from the underlying structures and processes that generate exploitation. Focusing on unfree labour associated with international immigration and global supply chains, it provides a novel socio-legal genealogy of the concept 'modern slavery' through a series of linked case studies of influential actors associated with key legal instruments: the United Nations, the United States, the International Labour Organization, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Walk Free Foundation. Constructing Modern Slavery demonstrates that despite the best efforts of academics, advocates, and policymakers to develop a truly multifaceted approach to modern slavery, it is difficult to uncouple antislavery initiatives from the conservative moral and economic agendas with which they are aligned. Author: Judy Fudge is a Professor of Labour Studies at McMaster University Faculty of Social Science. Judy takes a socio-legal approach to studying work and labour and her most recent work focuses on labour exploitation in the context of labour migration and global supply chains. Discussants:  •	Professor Alex Balch, University of Liverpool School of Histories, Languages and Cultures•	Dr Maayan Niezna, University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice •	Dr Bruce Pinnington, Senior Lecturer in the Operations and Supply Chain Management group, University of Liverpool School of Management  
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