Drug Control and International Law, Paperback by Wisehart, Daniel, Like New U...

by Wisehart, Daniel

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Drug Control and International Law, Paperback by Wisehart, Daniel, ISBN 0367584999, ISBN-13 9780367584993, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book provides for an extensive legal analysis of the international drug control system in light of the growing challenges and criticism that this system faces. In the current debate on global drug policy, the central pillars of the international drug control system – the UN Drug Conventions as well as its institutions – are portrayed as outdated, suppressive and seen as an obstacle to necessary changes. Th’s objective is to provide an in-depth and positivist insight into drug control’s present legal framework and thus provide for a better understanding of the normative assumptions upon which drug control is currently based. This is attained by clarifying the objectives of the international drug control system and the premises by which these objectives are to be achieved. The objective of the current global framework of international drug control is the limitation of drugs to medical and scientific purposes. The meaning of this objective and its concrete implications for States’ parties as well as its problems from the perspective of other regimes of international law, most notably international human rights law, are extensively analysed. Additionally, th focuses on how the international drug control system attempts to reach the objective of confining drugs to medical and scientific purposes, . by setting up a universal system t

• ISBN: 9780367584993
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