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Law, Liberty and Morality

Paperback • 1972 • English

Law, Liberty and Morality

By H. L. A. Hart

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This incisive book deals with the use of the criminal law to enforce morality, in particular sexual morality, a subject of particular interest and importance since the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. Professor Hart first considers John Stuart Mill's famous declaration: "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community is to prevent harm to others." During the last hundred years this doctrine has twice been sharply challenged by tw...Show more

Methods, theory and philosophy of law
Law and society, sociology of law
Legal aspects of criminology

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ISBN

9780804701549

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published year

1972

Language

English

Original title

Law, Liberty and Morality

Format

Paperback

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