The constitution of the war on drugs /

In The Constitution of the War on Drugs, David Pozen provides an authoritative, critical constitutional history of the drug war, casting new light on both drug prohibition and U.S. constitutional development. Pozen shows the plausibility of a constitutional path not taken in the 1960s and 1970s--a p...

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Main Author: Pozen, David E. (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Inalienable rights series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In The Constitution of the War on Drugs, David Pozen provides an authoritative, critical constitutional history of the drug war, casting new light on both drug prohibition and U.S. constitutional development. Pozen shows the plausibility of a constitutional path not taken in the 1960s and 1970s--a path that would have led to a less punitive approach to drug control. He explains how and why constitutional resistance to drug prohibition collapsed. And he offers.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2024.
Written by David Pozen, this is an authoritative and first-of-its-kind critical constitutional history of the war on drugs that shows how drug prohibition was shaped by constitutional law, and how constitutional law was shaped by drug prohibition.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197685488
019768548X