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Issues Of Practical Implementation Of The Principles Of Criminal Law In The Law-Making And Law-Enforcement Practice Of The Republic Of Belarus, V Marchuk Oct 2018

Issues Of Practical Implementation Of The Principles Of Criminal Law In The Law-Making And Law-Enforcement Practice Of The Republic Of Belarus, V Marchuk

ProAcademy

In the p ro p o s e d article, the a u th o r considers issues o f p ra c tic a l im plem entation o f the p rin ciple s o f c rim in a l la w in the la w m a kin g a n d law -e nfo rcem e n t p ra c tic e o f the R epublic o f Belarus. O n the basis o f separate results o f c rim in o lo g ic a l expertise, the a rticle shows …


Marijuana Agriculture Law: Regulation At The Root Of An Industry, Ryan Stoa Mar 2018

Marijuana Agriculture Law: Regulation At The Root Of An Industry, Ryan Stoa

Ryan B. Stoa

Marijuana legalization is sweeping the nation. Recreational marijuana use is legal in eight states. Medical marijuana use is legal in thirteen states. Only three states maintain an absolute criminal prohibition on marijuana use. Many of these legalization initiatives propose to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol, and many titles are variations of the "Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act." For political and public health reasons the analogy makes sense, but it also reveals a regulatory blind spot. States may be using alcohol as a model for regulating the distribution, retail, and consumption of marijuana, but marijuana is much more …


Comparative Cannabis: Approaches To Marijuana Agriculture Regulation In The United States And Canada, Ryan Stoa Mar 2018

Comparative Cannabis: Approaches To Marijuana Agriculture Regulation In The United States And Canada, Ryan Stoa

Ryan B. Stoa

The United States and Canada may be friends and allies, but the two countries' approaches to the regulation of marijuana agriculture have not evolved in tandem. On the contrary, their respective paths toward legalization and regulation of marijuana agriculture are remarkably divergent. In the United States, where marijuana remains a federally prohibited and tightly-controlled substance, legalization and regulation have remained the province of state legislatures and their administrative agencies for decades. In Canada, a succession of court cases paving the way toward medicinal marijuana use has prompted the federal government to develop a national framework committed to "legalize, regulate, and …


The Regulatory Challenge Of Public Corruption, Lauren M. Ouziel Jan 2018

The Regulatory Challenge Of Public Corruption, Lauren M. Ouziel

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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