The Enforcement of MoralsSeven essays delivered as lectures in Britain and U.S.A. |
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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingLord Devlin was judge of the Queen's Bench and elevated to Lord of Appeal in 1961. Seven essays consider moral law in relation to the laws of crime, tort, contract and marriage. Morality depends ... Read full review
Contents
Morals and the QuasiCriminal Law | 26 |
Morals and the Law of Contract | 43 |
Mill on Liberty in Morals | 102 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Enforcement of Morals Donald F. Koch American Philosophy Collection Galaxy book Maccabaean lecture in jurisprudence Volume 2 of Maccabatan lecture in jurisprudence of the British Academy Issue 137 of Oxford paperbacks |
| Authors | Patrick Devlin, Patrick Baron Devlin, Patrick Devlin, Baron |
| Contributors | Australian Maritime College. School of Nautical Studies, Oxford University Press |
| Edition | 11, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jan 17, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0192850180, 9780192850188 |
| Length | 139 pages |
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