Devlin-Hart debate

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1959
gptkbp:DevlinPosition law should enforce moral standards
society has right to protect its moral fabric
gptkbp:HartPosition law and morality are separate
private morality should not be legislated
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Devlin-Hart debate
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:law
debates on legal moralism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Wolfenden_Report
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Patrick_Devlin,_The_Enforcement_of_Morals_(1965)
H. L. A. Hart, Law, Liberty and Morality (1963)
gptkbp:originatedIn response to Wolfenden Report
gptkbp:participants gptkb:H._L._A._Hart
gptkb:Patrick_Devlin
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Mill's_harm_principle
legal positivism
legal moralism
gptkbp:topic decriminalization of homosexuality
law and morality
legal moralism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Legal_Enforcement_of_Morals
gptkb:The_Enforcement_of_Morals
gptkb:The_Enforcement_of_Morals_(Devlin,_1965)
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