02816cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000110010610000490011724500880016626400510025430000470030533600260035233700260037833800360040450000310044050801760047152015490064753400850219665300340228165300610231585600520237685600430242899900190247176297UtSlPG20260610134751.0mcr n260607r20251895utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHQaKD1 aButler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey,d1828-190614aThe constitutional iniquity involved in all forms of the regulation of prostitution 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-06-14  aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"The constitutional iniquity involved in all forms of the regulation of…" by Mrs. Josephine E. Butler is a reformist political-legal pamphlet written in the late 19th century, during the Victorian era. The work argues that state systems for regulating prostitution are unconstitutional, unjust, and morally corrupting, targeting especially policies like the Contagious Diseases Acts.  The pamphlet opens by stressing the moral stakes, then concentrates on constitutional law. Drawing on authorities such as Sheldon Amos, Mittermayer, Montesquieu, and Lieber, it outlines the essential safeguards of fair criminal justice—no intimidation or compelled self-incrimination, presumption of innocence, clear indictment, public accusatory procedure, right to counsel, evidence-based verdicts, proportional punishment, and accusations not initiated by the Executive—and shows how regulation regimes violate each one. Butler details coercive “voluntary submission,” secret tribunals, punishment on suspicion by police, executive accusations without reasons, repeated arbitrary imprisonment, and the near impossibility of redress. She identifies forced medical examinations of women as the system’s core abuse and cites Sir Hardinge Giffard’s legal opinion that such bodily searches for evidence are contrary to English law and the fundamental protection of the person. The book warns that these measures erode liberty and justice for all, and it calls citizens to resist and abolish such laws. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: British, Continental and General Federation, 1895  aProstitution -- Great Britain  aProstitutes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain4 uhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/10248556540uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76297  c117022d117022