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Detouring Civil Liberties? Drug-Driving Laws in Australia
Citation
Prichard, JP and Matthews, AJ and Bruno, RB and Rayment, K and James, HM, Detouring Civil Liberties? Drug-Driving Laws in Australia, Griffith Law Review, 19, (2) pp. 330-349. ISSN 1038-3441 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2010 Griffith University, Law School
Official URL: http://www.griffith.edu.au/criminology-law/griffit...
DOI: doi:10.1080/10383441.2010.10854679
Abstract
© 2010, Routledge. All rights reserved. This article provides an overview of the new drug-driving laws that exist in Australia. It explains that, like drink-driving offences, the drug-driving laws prima facie infringe civil liberties. Yet these infringements are permissible, providing the laws promote road safety and thereby the civil liberty of the right to life. The article then analyses empirical evidence concerning the effects of different illicit drugs on driving skills. It is argued that it is not practical or necessary to require this evidence base to match the standard reached with respect to alcohol. However, suggestions are made as to how drugdriving legislation could better promote road safety, including by recognising the interrelationships between drug-driving, drug-dependency and unemployment. The final section of the article critically examines aspects of Tasmanian law, which appear to focus more upon drug law enforcement than the enhancement of road safety.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Public law |
Research Field: | Public law not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Prichard, JP (Associate Professor Jeremy Prichard) |
UTAS Author: | Matthews, AJ (Dr Allison Matthews) |
UTAS Author: | Bruno, RB (Associate Professor Raimondo Bruno) |
UTAS Author: | Rayment, K (Dr Kate Cashman) |
UTAS Author: | James, HM (Dr Helen Cockburn) |
ID Code: | 65883 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | Law |
Deposited On: | 2010-12-08 |
Last Modified: | 2017-04-11 |
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