Legal enforcement of moral values

Question 1

Lord Devlin’s four principles on whether or not to prohibit moral offences and which not to: 1

Answer 1

1: Individual freedom to be allowed must be consistent with the integrity of society

Question 2

Lord Devlin’s four principles on whether or not to prohibit moral offences and which not to: 2

Answer 2

2: Limits of tolerance are not static but lawmakers should be slow to change laws which protect morality

Question 3

Lord Devlin’s four principles on whether or not to prohibit moral offences and which not to: 3

Answer 3

3: Privacy must be respected as far as possible

Question 4

Lord Devlin’s four principles on whether or not to prohibit moral offences and which not to: 4

Answer 4

4: Law is concerned with the minimum rather than maximum standards of behaviour

Question 5

What are the two philosophies about whether law should enforce moral values?

Answer 5

Positivism

Natural Law Theory