Exploitation as Domination?
Workshop
- Datum: 03.12.2025
- Uhrzeit: 14:30 - 18:00
- Vortragender: Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Ort: Freiburg, Fürstenbergstr. 19
- Raum: Seminarraum (F 113)
- Gastgeber: Unabhängige Forschungsgruppe „Strafrechtstheorie” & unabhängige Forschungsgruppe „Behavioral Economics of Crime and Conflict“
- Kontakt: m.schmitt@csl.mpg.de
- Presentation by Nicholas Vrousalis
- Comments by George Pavlakos, Max Schmitt, and Till Vater
Our keynote speaker, Nicholas Vrousalis from Erasmus University Rotterdam, will present key arguments from his pioneering book, 'Exploitation as Domination', engaging with leading economic and political theories of exploitation and defending a domination-based approach. The talk will explore how relations of power and dependence structure exploitative transactions as well as the implications for markets, contracts and the design of legal institutions.
Critical commentary will be provided by George Pavlakos (University of Glasgow), Max Schmitt (MPI-CSL), and Till Vater (Maastricht University), opening a dialogue between normative legal theory, political philosophy, and behavioral economic modelling of exploitative interactions. An in-depth open discussion with the audience will enable participants to relate these theoretical debates to issues in criminal law, regulatory design, and empirical research on lay perceptions of unfair advantage.
Anyone interested is warmly invited!