PROSTITUTION: PUBLIC LEGAL ISSUES

Abstract

The legal system has only two options with regard to prostitution: either it expressly prohibits, or regulates this activity in order to preserve the assets and values strongly committed in its exercise. What does not fit under any circumstances is indifference, translated in a total lack of regulation. If not prohibited, the three aspects in which it is involved the administrative law «and that are studied in this paper», are: prostitution in establishments open to the public; prostitution on streets; and the strength of social services to assist persons exposed to the risks of prostitution. This analysis reveals that there are valuable precedents, but clearly insufficient, to regulate the matter with the adequate protection of underlying public interests