Legalization is a process often applied to what are regarded, by those working towards legalization, as victimless crimes, of which one example is the consumption of illegal drugs ( see Drug legalization ).

Legalization reached the forefront of public debate in the Netherlands during the 1970s as many other Western European countries liberalized their laws.

This matter is addressed by the use of the Apostille, a means of certifying the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.

Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is currently not legal.

Decriminalization or Decriminalisation is the abolition of criminal penalties in relation to certain acts, perhaps retroactively, though perhaps regulated permits or fines might still apply ( for contrast, see: Legalization ).

Legalization is not always followed by elimination of unsafe abortion.

In 2003, when the prohibition of cannabis in Canada was in limbo due to court decisions that struck down the marijuana laws because of flaws in the government's medicinal marijuana program, Emery launched " the Summer of Legalization " tour, travelling to 18 cities across Canada to openly smoke marijuana in front of police stations and demonstrate that marijuana was currently legal in Canada, as featured in the documentary Escape to Canada.

Legalization of the international organ trade could lead to increased supply, lowering prices so that persons outside the wealthiest segments could afford such organs as well.

Legalization of the organ trade carries with it its own sense of justice as well.

Legalization should be contrasted with decriminalization, which removes criminal charges from an action, but leaves intact associated laws and regulations.

* Legalization of the right of syndication, creation of mixed workers-managers juries and establishment of the 8 hours work day.

Legalization of abortion was first widely discussed in Germany during the early 20th century.

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* Legalization of drugs on a recreational basis ( although profiteering dealers would be prosecuted harshly.

At the most recent Liberal convention, policies espoused by the YLC include a commitment to an activist foreign policy, focusing on conflict resolution and the promotion of peacekeeping, combating global poverty, the creation of an international convention regulating the global trade in small arms and light weapons and munitions, a commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and promotion of low emissions vehicles, the implementation of a refugee appeal board, the Legalization of Marijuana, the creation of a Ministry of Post-Secondary Education, the elimination of post-secondary tuition fees for second official language courses, promoting and protecting safe-injection sites, and the creation of a National Volunteer and Work Experience Program.

Anarcho-capitalism ( also referred to as " libertarian anarchy " and " private-property anarchism " or " market anarchism ," and " free market anarchism ") is a right-libertarian political philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state in favor of individual sovereignty in a free market.

Because the technique has allegedly been used to improve breathing and stamina in general, advocates also claim that athletes, people with asthma, tuberculosis, and panic attacks have also found improvements.

Martin Brune has pointed out that Kraepelin and Rudin also appear to have been ardent advocates of a self-domestication theory, a version of social darwinism which held that modern culture was not allowing people to be weeded out, resulting in more mental disorder and deterioration of the gene pool.

The main continental rationalists ( Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz ) were also advocates of the empirical " scientific method ".

Bourland and other advocates also suggest that use of E-Prime leads to a less dogmatic style of language that reduces the possibility of misunderstanding and / or conflict.

He was also among the first and most outspoken advocates of Esperanto in the science fiction community.

Some advocates of free love in the early 20th century, including Russian anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman, also spoke in defence of same-sex love and challenged repressive legislation.

He also advocates for retired NFL veterans on issues such as cardiovascular screening, assisted living, disability benefits, and the 2007 joint replacement program.

The term " sex radical " is also used interchangeably with the term " free lover ", and was the preferred term by advocates because of the negative connotations of " free love ".

Anarchist communism ( also known as anarcho-communism and occasionally as free communism or libertarian communism ) is a theory of anarchism which advocates the abolition of the state, capitalism and private property ( while retaining respect for personal property ), and in favor of common ownership of the means of production, direct democracy and a horizontal network of voluntary associations and workers ' councils with production and consumption based on the guiding principle: " from each according to his ability, to each according to his need ".

Collectivist anarchism ( also known as anarcho-collectivism ) is a revolutionary doctrine that advocates the abolition of the state and private ownership of the means of production.

Anarchist communism ( also known as anarcho-communism and occasionally as free communism ) is a theory of anarchism which advocates the abolition of the state, markets, money, capitalism and private property ( while retaining respect for personal property ), in favor of common ownership of the means of production, direct democracy and a horizontal network of voluntary associations and workers ' councils with production and consumption based on the guiding principle: " from each according to his ability, to each according to his need ".

Visiting advocates of metrication also claim that they use metric units for many things internally with exceptions such as old petrol pumps in Myanmar, calibrated in British Imperial gallons.

Schopenhauer's doctrine, which Nietzsche also refers to as Western Buddhism, advocates a separating oneself of will and desires in order to reduce suffering.

Nonetheless, the implication of natural law in the common law tradition has meant that the great opponents of natural law and advocates of legal positivism, like Jeremy Bentham, have also been staunch critics of the common law.

Postmodernism has also be used interchangeably with the term post-structuralism out of which postmodernism grew, a proper understanding of postmodernism or doing justice to the postmodernist thought demands an understanding of the poststructuralist movement and the ideas of its advocates.

Whitehead's thinking here has given rise to process theology, whose prominent advocates include Charles Hartshorne, John B. Cobb, Jr., and Hans Jonas, who was also influenced by the non-theological philosopher Martin Heidegger.

Brookes also maintained communication with the government and sporting advocates in Greece, seeking a revival of the Olympic Games internationally under the auspices of the Greek government.

It can also extend the jurisdiction of tribunals, grant dispensations for procedural laws, establish interdiocesan tribunals, and correct advocates.

This term is also used by some advocates of laissez-faire capitalism in reference to a private capitalist economy controlled by a state, often meaning a privately owned economy that is subject to statist economic planning.

She also advocates for female and male equality within the realm of education.

In Northern Ireland, the largest Pro-Belfast Agreement party, Sinn Féin, not only advocates Northern Ireland's unification with the Republic of Ireland, but also abstains from taking their elected seats in the Westminster government, as this would entail taking a pledge of allegiance to the British monarch.

A significant number of gold-standard advocates also call for a mandated end to fractional-reserve banking.