The suppression of vice is as much the law's business as the suppression of subversive activities. Who…
The statement that the suppression of vice is as much the law's business as the suppression of subversive activities was made by "Lord Devlin" in his 1959 lecture 'The…
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The suppression of vice is as much the law's business as the suppression of subversive activities. Who made this observation?
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The statement that the suppression of vice is as much the law's business as the suppression of subversive activities was made by "Lord Devlin" in his 1959 lecture 'The Enforcement of Morals', arguing that a shared public morality may legitimately be protected by law, a view famously contested by "H L A Hart".
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