Chapter 10 Multiple choice questions

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1. Article 4 prohibits 'slavery', 'servitude' and 'forced or compulsory labour'. Relate the concept to its definition.

Forced or compulsory labour.

Work exacted under the menace of an excessive penalty or some form of unreasonable or constraint or exploitation. The obligation of a person to live on another's property without being able to change that duty; this is usually linked with a requirement that the person work in a way that involves a serious inhibition of the person's freedom. The legally recognised ownership of one person by another; the exercise of control by a person over the liberty of another and the ability of that person to dispose of the other's labour against their will.

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Servitude.

Work exacted under the menace of an excessive penalty or some form of unreasonable or constraint or exploitation. The legally recognised ownership of one person by another; the exercise of control by a person over the liberty of another and the ability of that person to dispose of the other's labour against their will. The obligation of a person to live on another's property without being able to change that duty; this is usually linked with a requirement that the person work in a way that involves a serious inhibition of the person's freedom.

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Slavery.

Work exacted under the menace of an excessive penalty or some form of unreasonable or constraint or exploitation. The legally recognised ownership of one person by another; the exercise of control by a person over the liberty of another and the ability of that person to dispose of the other's labour against their will. The obligation of a person to live on another's property without being able to change that duty; this is usually linked with a requirement that the person work in a way that involves a serious inhibition of the person's freedom.

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2. In Somerset's case, Lord Mansfield is reported as saying that slavery was 'so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but ………'.

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3. Which one of the following conditions is likely to be forced or compulsory labour in breach of Article 4?

Soldiers conscripted into the army. correct incorrect

Prisoners made to do hard and unusual labour. correct incorrect

Low paid workers who have to work out of economic necessity. correct incorrect

Accountants required to do free work for charities before they can obtain a full licence to practise their profession. correct incorrect