Karen E. Bravo

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Professor of Law

530 West New York Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202

United States

  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

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Exploring the Analogy between Modern Trafficking in Humans and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Boston University International Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2007
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 28 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2017
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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human trafficking, slavery

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Follow the Money?: Does the International Fight Against Money Laundering Provide a Model for International Anti-Trafficking Efforts?

University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vol. 6, 2008
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 13 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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human trafficking, money laundering, FATF

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Free Labor! A Labor Liberalization Solution to Modern Trafficking in Humans

Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, 2009
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 14 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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The Role of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Contemporary Anti-Trafficking Discourse

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Aug 2010
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Human Trafficking, Slavery, Trans-Atlantic Slavery, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, White Slavery

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Black Female 'Things' in International Law: A Meditation on Saartjie Baartman and Truganini

BLACK WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: NEW THEORY, OLD PRAXIS (Jeremy Levitt, ed., Cambridge University Press) (2013), Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2012-25
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2013
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Hottentot Venus, Saartjie Bartman, Truganini, black women, choice, consent, subordination, scientific racism, Celadon Code, Tasmanian Aboriginal, Australia, indigenous women

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CARICOM, the Myth of Sovereignty, and Aspirational Economic Integration

North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2005
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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CARICOM, sovereignty, regional integration

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Challenges to Caribbean Economic Sovereignty in a Globalizing World

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2012-01, Michigan State University College of Law Journal of International Law, 2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Globalization, Caribbean, World Trade Organization

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On Making Persons: Legal Constructions of Personhood and Their Nexus with Human Trafficking

North Illinois University Law Review, 2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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human trafficking, personhood, human rights, voting rights, immigration, ex-convicts

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Interrogating the State's Roles in Human Trafficking

Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, 2014
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2015
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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human trafficking

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Smoke, Mirrors and the Joker in the Pack: On Transitioning to Democracy and the Rule of Law in Post-Soviet Armenia

Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 28 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Armenia, democracy, rule of law

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The Human Rights of Children in an Age of Mobility

37 Human Rights Quarterly 787 (2015), Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-39
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2015
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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human rights, children, migration, child soldiers, human trafficking, family reunification, borders

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Transborder Labour Liberalization: A Path to Enforcement of the Global Social Contract for Labour

The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Aug 2009
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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labor, social contract, globalization

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Crisis Meets Reality: A Bold Proposal for Immigration Reform

Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Aug 2008
Karen E. Bravo and María Mercedes Pabón
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
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Immigration Law, immigration reform, post-September 11, undocumented immigrants, Kevin R. Johnson, borders, U.S. society, focused controls, national security concerns

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Using (and Mis-Using?) Slavery

Slavery Past, Present and Future Hardcopy volume, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Jul 2016
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Slavery, human trafficking, exploitation, victimization, stigmatization, migrant workers, trans-Atlantic slavery

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International Economic Law in U.S. Law Schools: Evaluating its Pedagogy and Identifying Future Challenges

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW: THE STATE AND FUTURE OF THE DISCIPLINE, Colin Picker, Isabella Bunn, Douglas Arner, eds., Hart Publishing, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Making 'Slavery' Work

Slavery Past, Present and Future Conference Proceedings Ebook, 2015
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Jun 2016
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Slavery, human trafficking, exploitation, victimisation, stigmatisation, migrant workers, trans-Atlantic slavery

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Contemporary State Anti-‘Slavery’ Efforts: Dishonest and Ineffective

Northern Kentucky Law Review, Forthcoming, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-9
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2020
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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human trafficking, slavery, modern slavery, anti-slavery, exploitation, anti-exploitation, Trafficking Protocol

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Regional Trade Agreements and Labor Liberalization: (Lost) Opportunities for Experimentation?

Saint Louis University Public Law Review, Vol. 29, 2008
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Transborder Labor Liberalization and Social Contracts

GLOBALIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (Toyin Falola and Bessie House-Soremekun, eds.) (2011), Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2012-24
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2012
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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globalization, Ecowas, labor liberalization, regionalism, international trade, social contracts, transnational labor market

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Interrogating Everyperson's Roles in Today's Slaveries

Temple International & Comparative Law Journal, 2017
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2017
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Slavery, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Labor Trafficking

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Black Interests in Slaveries

Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 53, 2019, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-5
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2019
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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slavery, human trafficking, Black Diaspora, legacies of slavery

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Business and Human Rights: A Call for Labor Liberalization

Human Rights and Business: Moving Forward, Looking Back, Karen Bravo & Jena Martin, eds., Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2016
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Business and Human Rights; Labor Mobility

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A Crossroads in the Fight Against Human Trafficking? Let's Take the Structural Route: A Response to Janie Chuang

AJIL Unbound, Volume 108, 2014, doi: 10.1017/S2398772300009405
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Nov 2017
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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slavery, human trafficking

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A Tribute to Hope Lewis

Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 46, No. 135, 2018
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Feb 2019
Karen E. Bravo
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Jamaican, human rights, globalization, gender inequality, critical race theory, mentor