Titre : | From law to regulation: Re-appraising the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (2021) |
Auteurs : | T. SEDDON |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Drugs and Alcohol Today (Vol.21, n°4, 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | 289-297 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNIThésaurus mots-clés LEGISLATION ; POLITIQUE ; PRODUIT ILLICITE ; HISTOIRE ; PROHIBITION ; REGULATION |
Résumé : |
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to re-appraise the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in order to develop alternative and new ideas for drug law reform.
Design/methodology/approach: The approach is to analyse the Act from historical and socio-legal perspectives, drawing on the inter-disciplinary field of regulation studies. Findings: The Act has its roots in radical counter-cultural reform activism in the 1960s. Its innovative legal structure has enabled a diverse range of policy approaches to be possible over the last 50 years. Future drug law reform efforts need to broaden out from a narrow focus on law and also to engage more seriously with the politics of drug law and policy. Originality/value: Drawing on the inter-disciplinary field of regulation studies leads to novel insights about the politics and practice of drug law reform. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK |
Lien : | https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-07-2021-0035 |
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