Drug Policy and the Ultima Ratio in A Social and Democratic State, Spain

As a Member State of the UN and the EU, Spain's drug policy is heavily conditioned by these external superior ‘legal personalities’. Although, the Spanish legislature has enacted amendments to legislation on illicit substances over the last ten years to attenuate excessively punitive law, their...

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VerfasserInnen: Arana, Xabier (VerfasserIn) ; Hogg, Alison (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Jahr: 2013, Band: 3, Heft: 1, Seiten: 135-153
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Schlagwörter:
Kriminalisierung
Drogenpolitik
Illicit substances
International conventions
Ultima Ratio
Democratic State
Spanien
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Zusammenfassung:As a Member State of the UN and the EU, Spain's drug policy is heavily conditioned by these external superior ‘legal personalities’. Although, the Spanish legislature has enacted amendments to legislation on illicit substances over the last ten years to attenuate excessively punitive law, their interpretation and internal application of conventions on drug legislation has by in large overlooked the ultima ratio principle i.e. minimum intervention (Arana 2012). Spain’s criminal legislation is presented as well as the consequences of the prohibition of illicit substances in this jurisdiction. Finally, alternatives that have emerged in the Basque Autonomous Community to counter the effects of its criminalisation are briefly discussed and promoted as a means of abating external legal constraints that have serious social and legal ramifications.
ISSN:2079-5971
DOI:10.15496/publikation-52646