Law, Liberty and Morality - Brossura

Hart, H. L. A.

 
9780804701549: Law, Liberty and Morality
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ISBN 10: 0804701547 ISBN 13: 9780804701549
Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Pr, 1963

Sinossi

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 two great lawyers: Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, the great Victorian judge and historian of the common law, and Lord Devlin, who both argue that the use of the criminal law to enforce morality is justified.

The author examines their arguments in some detail, and sets out to demonstrate that they fail to recognize distinction of vital importance for legal and political theory, and that they espouse a conception of the function of legal punishment that few would now share.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Professor H.L.A. Hart hold the Chair of Jurisprudence at Oxford.

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Editore
Stanford Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1963
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0804701547
ISBN 13 
9780804701549
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
96
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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