‘Addiction to narcotic drugs constitutes a serious evil for the individual and […] social and economic danger to mankind […] to prevent and combat this evil, [the parties agree upon […] coordinated and universal action.’ (The United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, Preamble.) International law is posited as marking the transfer from the religious to the secular. This professed disenchantment of law is troubled by the explicit reference to ‘evil’ within the international laws prohibiting drugs. To explore what is meant by ‘evil’ for secular international law, I will revisit the theological tradition of accounting for the evidential problem of evil within God’s omnipotence. These theoretical claims cast new light upon the ab...
The debate about the prohibition of drugs has taken a fundamental turn with the publication of ‘Regu...
There are good reasons to legally regulate drugs markets, rather than persist with efforts to ban al...
As member states of the United Nations take stock of the drug control system, a number of debates ha...
Human rights violations occurring as a consequence of drug control and enforcement efforts are growi...
The United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 is presumed to be a testament to the pr...
This is the first detailed examination of compulsory detention for ‘drug treatment’ through the lens...
The need for suppressing the illicit traffic in drags can hardly be over-emphasised. Yet, the licit...
This study examines the suppression through international law of the illicit production, supply and ...
This book explores the emerging area of the human rights impacts of drug control. Beginning with a ...
As member states of the United Nations take stock of the drug control system, a number of debates ha...
Responding to the harms caused by drug use and the drug trade is one of the most pressing and interd...
On the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the 1988 U.N. Drug Convention, this Article analyzes ...
On the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the 1988 U.N. Drug Convention, this Article analyzes ...
This paper is concerned with the negative aspects of global drugs prohibition. The paper argues that...
This study examines drug control policy through the prism of human rights norms. Emphasis is placed ...
The debate about the prohibition of drugs has taken a fundamental turn with the publication of ‘Regu...
There are good reasons to legally regulate drugs markets, rather than persist with efforts to ban al...
As member states of the United Nations take stock of the drug control system, a number of debates ha...
Human rights violations occurring as a consequence of drug control and enforcement efforts are growi...
The United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 is presumed to be a testament to the pr...
This is the first detailed examination of compulsory detention for ‘drug treatment’ through the lens...
The need for suppressing the illicit traffic in drags can hardly be over-emphasised. Yet, the licit...
This study examines the suppression through international law of the illicit production, supply and ...
This book explores the emerging area of the human rights impacts of drug control. Beginning with a ...
As member states of the United Nations take stock of the drug control system, a number of debates ha...
Responding to the harms caused by drug use and the drug trade is one of the most pressing and interd...
On the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the 1988 U.N. Drug Convention, this Article analyzes ...
On the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the 1988 U.N. Drug Convention, this Article analyzes ...
This paper is concerned with the negative aspects of global drugs prohibition. The paper argues that...
This study examines drug control policy through the prism of human rights norms. Emphasis is placed ...
The debate about the prohibition of drugs has taken a fundamental turn with the publication of ‘Regu...
There are good reasons to legally regulate drugs markets, rather than persist with efforts to ban al...
As member states of the United Nations take stock of the drug control system, a number of debates ha...