Slave labor: Legal characterization of the typical execution modes

Abstract

Article which seeks to make the legal characterization of the typical execution modes of labor in analogous conditions to slavery. The text, from this overall purpose, is basically divided into two parts, in addition to the initial item, where the discussion is seen in context, and completion: firstly, the basic elements for understanding the type as described in Article 149 of the Brazilian Criminal Code, so then the characterization of the typical execution modes can be made which are bonded labor, exhausting workday, degrading working conditions, mobility restriction due to debt bondage. Key words: Slave labor. Legal Characterization. Typical execution modes.