Book launch: Rethinking Drug Laws: Theory, History, Politics
21 November 2023, 4:30 pm–6:30 pm

The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is pleased to welcome Toby Seddon to launch his new book 'Rethinking Drug Laws: Theory, History, Politics'
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Institute of Advanced Studies
Location
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IAS ForumG17, ground floor, South WingUCL, Gower Street, LondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
Toby Seddon’s 'Rethinking Drug Laws: Theory, History, Politics' (Oxford UP)
This book draws on diverse social science disciplines - law, sociology, criminology, political science, economics - to present a new regulatory perspective on drug control and drug law reform. It develops a novel theoretical framework for looking at drug control laws, provides a new account of the origins of global drug prohibition and explores ways of developing a 'better politics' of drugs.
Please register to attend at https://ccs-druglaws.eventbrite.co.uk
The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is a world-leading centre for critical interdisciplinary research into the past, present, and future of capitalism. It brings together UCL faculty and students studying how markets, finance and economic institutions shape our everyday life, structure societies’ capacity to change, and are contested and remade across time and space.
About the Speaker
Toby Seddon
at Professor of Social Science
Toby Seddon is head of the UCL Social Research Institute. He works on historical and inter-disciplinary social science research on drug policy and drug law reform.
More about Toby Seddon