The Hart–Devlin debate was a famous debate in the mid-twentieth century between legal philosophers
Patrick Devlin and
H. L. A. Hart about whether the law is a suitable tool for the enforcement of morality. The debate arose in the context of
a proposal to
decriminalize homosexuality in the United Kingdom. Devlin argued that the law is a suitable tool to enforce morality, while Hart disagreed.
Cranor, Carl F. (1983). "Bibliographical essay / the hart‐Devlin debate". Criminal Justice Ethics. 2 (1). Informa UK Limited: 59–65.
doi:
10.1080/0731129x.1983.9991720.
ISSN0731-129X.
Feinberg, Joel (1987). "Some unswept debris from the hart-devlin debate". Synthese. 72 (2). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 249–275.
doi:
10.1007/bf00413641.
ISSN0039-7857.
George, Robert P. (1995). Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. Clarendon Press.
ISBN978-0-19-102960-8.
Miller, B. W. (2010). "Morals Laws in an Age of Rights: Hart and Devlin at the Supreme Court of Canada". The American Journal of Jurisprudence. 55 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 79–103.
doi:
10.1093/ajj/55.1.79.
ISSN0065-8995.
Richter, Duncan J. (2001). "Social Integrity and Private 'Immorality' The Hart-Devlin Debate Reconsidered". Essays in Philosophy. 2 (2): 55–65.
doi:
10.5840/eip2001223.
ISSN1526-0569.
Stanton-Ife, John (2022-01-29).
"The Limits of Law". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
The Hart–Devlin debate was a famous debate in the mid-twentieth century between legal philosophers
Patrick Devlin and
H. L. A. Hart about whether the law is a suitable tool for the enforcement of morality. The debate arose in the context of
a proposal to
decriminalize homosexuality in the United Kingdom. Devlin argued that the law is a suitable tool to enforce morality, while Hart disagreed.
Cranor, Carl F. (1983). "Bibliographical essay / the hart‐Devlin debate". Criminal Justice Ethics. 2 (1). Informa UK Limited: 59–65.
doi:
10.1080/0731129x.1983.9991720.
ISSN0731-129X.
Feinberg, Joel (1987). "Some unswept debris from the hart-devlin debate". Synthese. 72 (2). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 249–275.
doi:
10.1007/bf00413641.
ISSN0039-7857.
George, Robert P. (1995). Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. Clarendon Press.
ISBN978-0-19-102960-8.
Miller, B. W. (2010). "Morals Laws in an Age of Rights: Hart and Devlin at the Supreme Court of Canada". The American Journal of Jurisprudence. 55 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 79–103.
doi:
10.1093/ajj/55.1.79.
ISSN0065-8995.
Richter, Duncan J. (2001). "Social Integrity and Private 'Immorality' The Hart-Devlin Debate Reconsidered". Essays in Philosophy. 2 (2): 55–65.
doi:
10.5840/eip2001223.
ISSN1526-0569.
Stanton-Ife, John (2022-01-29).
"The Limits of Law". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2022-09-27.