Enforcement of Morals
Patrick Devlin
ISBN 10: 0865978050 ISBN 13: 9780865978058
Verlag: Liberty Fund Inc, 2010
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Enforcement of Morals | Patrick Devlin | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2010 | Liberty Fund Inc | EAN 9780865978058 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 121056768
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Are morals always relative? Are private actions—among consenting adults— always beyond the law? Or are there some behaviors which so weaken a society that common beliefs about right and wrong must be enforced to protect the common good?
In opposing the decriminalization of private acts of homosexuality in Britain, Patrick Devlin maintained that not only is it reasonable to allow popular morality to influence lawmaking, it is imperative: “ . . . For a society is not something that is kept together physically; it is held by the invisible bonds of common thought.”
Today, as divisive issues such as same-sex marriage and “don’t ask, don’t tell” confront our legislative, judicial, and executive branches, the views expressed by Devlin in The Enforcement of Morals resonate and reverberate anew.
Patrick Devlin (1905–1992) studied history and law at Cambridge University and became a successful lawyer.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Patrick Devlin (1905-92) studied history and law at Cambridge University and became a successful lawyer. He worked for various government ministries during the Second World War, and in 1948 became the second-youngest person ever appointed a High Court judge. He was knighted later that year. In 1957 the controversial Wolfenden report recommended decriminalisation of private acts of homosexuality, and two sides of the debate about the law's place in the enforcement of morals emerged.
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Titel: Enforcement of Morals
Verlag: Liberty Fund Inc
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu