Legal Enforcement of Moral Values (OCR A-Level Law): Flashcards

Laws and morals should be kept separate

Law should be used to enforce moral values

Power exercised only to prevent harm to others

Laws which merely enforce morals should cease to exist

People hold many different moral, religious & cultural views

Error of jurisprudence to separate crime from sin

Consensual sadomasochism still criminal; pain is evil

Consensual activity in matrimonial home not criminal matter

Realm of private morality not the law's business

Law sets minimum not maximum standards of behaviour