Human Rights and Drug Control

A New Perspective
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-08717-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

This book uses a human rights perspective – developed philosophically, politically and legally – to change the way in which we think about drug control issues.

The prohibitionist approach towards tackling the ‘drugs problem’ is not working. The laws and mentality that see drugs as the problem and tries to fight them, makes the ‘drugs problem’ worse. While the law is the best-placed mechanism to regulate our actions in relation to particular drugs, this book argues against the stranglehold of the criminal law, and instead presents a human rights perspective to change the way we think about drug control issues. Part I develops a conceptual framework for human rights in the context of drug control – philosophically, politically and legally – and applies this to the domestic (UK) and international drug control system. Part II focuses on case law to illustrate both the potential and the limitations of successfully applying this unique perspective in practice. The conclusion points towards a bottom-up process for drug policy which is capable of reconfiguring the mentality of prohibition.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of human rights, criminal law, criminology, politics and socio-legal studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bone, Melissa

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of international instruments

Table of international documents

Table of national legislation and documents

Table of cases

Acknowledgements

Dedication

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Developing a human rights perspective

- The origin and value of human rights and human drug use

- Human rights and the drug policy binary

- The legal architecture behind the human rights and drug control frameworks



Part II: Applying a human rights perspective

- Health rights, autonomy rights and the drug control framework

- Religious rights, related rights and the drug control framework

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Melissa L. Bone, Lecturer, Law, University of Leicester