Richard Lines

Drug Control and Human Rights in International Law

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how international drug control law should be interpreted within the context of international human rights law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781107171176
• ISBN-10: 1107171172
• Artikelnr.: 47377761

Autorenporträt

Richard Lines is a key figure in the emerging field of human rights and drug policy. His work explores areas including international drug control law, prisoners' rights, harm reduction and the death penalty for drug offences. He is Chair of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy at the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, where he is a Visiting Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Drug control, human rights and 'parallel universes'; 2. The four stages
of drug control: development, structure and law; 3. The contradictory
paradigms of international drug control; 4. Drug control and human rights:
tensions and conflicts between regimes; 5. The object and purpose of the
international drug control regime; 6. The case for dynamic interpretation
of the international drug control conventions; 7. Moving the 'thumb on the
scales' - towards a dynamic human rights-based interpretation of
international drug control law; 8. The future for a 'fifth stage' of drug
control?