Capital Drug Laws in Asia

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Capital Drug Laws in Asia

Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan · Mai Sato · Michael Hor
Cambridge University Press July 2025

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ISBN-13
9781009513517
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
July 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The book documents, analyses and makes accessible the law and policy related to illicit drugs in various Asian jurisdictions. The focus is specifically on the measures undertaken in Asia to combat drug offences and, in particular, the use of the death penalty for such offences. It will enhance the ability of public policy and law makers, non-governmental organisations and the general population to engage in the debate on the appropriate approach towards illicit drugs. A wide range of Asian jurisdictions, particularly in Southeast Asia, have been intentionally selected to show a diversity of approaches in the 'war on drugs' debate.

The areas examined include developments in the law and policy relating to illicit drugs; use of criminal law measures to combat drug-related offences; motivations of drug offenders; public support for punitive punishments; structure of the laws; procedural rights of accused persons; mandatory/discretionary sentencing and use of the death penalty.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part I. Executing States:
2. China's 'killing less' policy for drug crimes and the role of the judiciary
3. Normative legitimacy of Iran's capital drug law and its application
4. Debate and contestation in Singapore's death penalty

Part II. People of Death Row:
5. From the ghetto to the gallows: rights, race, class, and drug crimes in Malaysia
6. Pathways to prison: economic, personal and relational motivations for drug offending in Indonesia

Part III. Actors and Agencies:
7. National narcotics agencies in Southeast Asia: relics of the regional 'war on drugs'
8. leadership from below? networked governance in preventing the reintroduction of the death penalty in the Philippines

Part IV. States in Transition:
9. The new narcotics code of Thailand: a promising law?
10. The undercurrent of the death penalty for drug trafficking in Southeast and East Asia for abolitionist states: the case of Hong Kong

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