Markets, Regulation and Drug Law Reform
Towards a Constitutive Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12282955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toby Seddon (0000-0003-3516-5983, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-333 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0964663919868756 |
| OpenAlex | W2969818417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 78 |
After a century of international drug prohibition, and amidst growing consensus that it has been a costly policy failure, arguments for drug law reform are gathering momentum globally. Despite a large body of empirically oriented policy research, the area remains underdeveloped conceptually and theoretically. This article seeks to address this gap by assembling some intellectual resources for a critical socio-legal analysis of drug law reform, drawing on insights from regulation studies, economics, political economy and economic sociology. Reframing the problem as one of market regulation, and using Shearing’s constitutive approach, opens up some new ways of thinking about how drug laws function and the possibilities for reform. It also highlights the importance of taking normative thinking about drug policy futures seriously. In conclusion, it is suggested that a new concept of exchangespace may be key to further theoretical development in this field
Cognitive reframing · Economics · Futures contract · Law and economics · Law reform · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |