The most challenging legal questions often arise from the deep intertwining of law and morality, as seen in debates over ...

Americans are increasingly looking to the law as the moral arbiter for our times. High-profile court cases on gay marriage, affirmative action, and the death penalty highlight the trend. But so do ...

In The Concept of Law, H.L.A. Hart suggested that four formal features of morality distinguish it from law: importance, immunity from deliberate change, the nature of moral offences and the form of ...

A law named for morality crusader Anthony Comstock (left) is being used to argue against abortion medicationilbusca/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A federal appeals court discussed an ...

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The question of whether law ought to enforce morality has been an issue of philosophical debate for ages. What should be the rightful limit to the sovereignty of the individual over himself? Where ...

This second part of “No Kings” turns from the social to the institutional, tracing how Sri Lanka’s republican ideal has been ...

The 20th century’s sexual revolution directly challenges Christianity’s basic teachings against fornication and adultery. Some progressive church thinkers now advocate a “new morality” to take account ...

The Taliban has attempted to police the public appearances and behavior of millions of Afghans, especially women, since seizing power in 2021. But the enforcement of the extremist group’s rules ...

A federal appeals court discussed an obscure, 150-year-old morality law in its decision on abortion medication mifepristone. A challenge to the legality of sending abortion medications via mail ...