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Space, scale and jurisdiction in health service provision for drug users: the legal geography of a supervised injecting facility

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posted on 2023-05-18, 14:25 authored by Williams, S
Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre delivers the significant benefits of harm reduction, but has been controversial regards the law. Its contested history is examined here through the lens of legal geography. Narrative analysis reveals that the arguments for and against the centre's establishment referenced matters ranging from international treaties through to municipal governance. These arguments and their outcome were variously shaped by the different spaces and scales of jurisdiction but not simply in a zero sum game of law played out through the hierarchically ordered nesting of container-like territories. The implications for legal geography and for public health are discussed.

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Publication title

Space and Polity

Volume

20

Pagination

95-108

ISSN

1356-2576

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2016 Taylor & Francis

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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