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DAMMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

SABBAVARAM, VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P., INDIA

PROJECT TITLE:

“CRIMINAL LAW : THE ENFORCEMENT OF MORAL THINKING


UPON THE WIDER PUBLIC ’’

NAME OF THE SUBJECT:

JURISPRUDENCE

NAME OF THE FACULTY

ASSISTANT PROF. POOSARALA BAYOLA KIRAN

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE: M. SWETCHCHA

ROLL NO : 2019LLB089
SEMESTER : IIISEMESETER
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher, Ass Prof. .POOSARALA
BAYOLA KIRAN , who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the
topic “.CRIMINAL LAW : THE ENFORCEMENT OF MORAL THINKING UPON
THE WIDER PUBLIC”, which helped me in doing a lot of research and I came to know
about so many new things and I am really thankful to my professor.
I am doing this project not only for marks but also to increase my knowledge. I have tried my
best to collect information about the project in various possible ways to depict the clear picture
about the given project topic.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………………………………………….2

 ABSTRACT……………………………………………………..4

 SYNOPSIS……………………………………………………..5

 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………..7

 ENFORCEMENT OF MORALITY BY THE LAW…………………….9

 MORALS AND THE CRIMINAL LAW…………………………………13

 REALTION BETWEEN CRIMINAL LAW AND


MORALITY…………………..16

 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND


MORALITY……………………………19

 CONCLUSION…………………………………………..22

 BIBLOGRAPHY………………………………………23
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ABSTRACT

SUBJECT : JURISPRUDENCE

TITLE OF THE PROJECT : CRIMINAL LAW : THE ENFORCEMENT OF


MORAL THINKING UPON THE WIDER PUBLIC

INRTODUCTION :

Law in socially and ethically disputable cases, and moderate and liberal perspectives of the law
in the field. My speculation is that the law concerning socially and ethically questionable cases
is frequently an aftereffect of social trade off and it is a "power" of the law as a result of solid
social legitimization of the law at the same time, then again, the law is by all accounts
noncoherent axiological framework what messes some up identifying with moral consistency
of the overall set of laws and its defence.

The law advancement in the field of ethical quality, particularly sexual ethical quality, is as yet
going on, despite the fact that, as I keep up, the general set of laws may not be axiologically
viable. Allow me to add that the law resembles a battle between fussbudget ethical quality and
total opportunity.
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SYNOPSIS

TOPIC : CRIMINAL LAW : : THE ENFORCEMENT OF MORAL THINKING


UPON THE WIDER PUBLIC

INTRODUCTION :
Opportunity as one of the social and individual qualities is the subject of guideline of profound
quality and the law. Yet, what does "requirement of profound quality by the law" mean First,
it is by all accounts a lawful guideline of ethically and socially dubious cases in the public eye.
Explained in the project.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT :

The scope of the project is limited to enforcement of morality in public view is explained
in the project.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY :

To know how these enforcement of morality impact on society .

REASERCH QUESTIONS :

• How these enforcement of morality helpful to the society ?


• Which situation these morality in criminal law impact on courts ?

REASERCH METHODOLOGY :

The researcher is doing doctrinal type of study in this project .


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HYPOTHESIS :

There is a lot of importance of enforcement of law in the society .

LITERATURE REVIEW :

For gathering of information regarding the topic of the researcher CRIMINAL LAW : : THE
ENFORCEMENT OF MORAL THINKING UPON THE WIDER PUBLIC’’ would rely
upon both the “ primary’’ and “ secondary” data for the research . Mainly books and online
resources would be given a major importance.

CONCLUSION :

I would like to conclude this project with the help of .some examples in the topic and impacts
of the morality.
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 INTRODUCTION :

A great deal of violations against humankind were submitted by individuals or gatherings who
accepted what they were doing was simply and right. Ethical quality arrangements with that
which is viewed as right or wrong. Profound quality stems from a person's inner Law, in
contrast to profound quality, is made by somebody. So it might, in contrast to profound quality,
have points, which are the points of its producers.

Not all laws have points, in any case, on the grounds that not all law-production is purposeful.
Some have felt that law must, by its inclination, have certain unmistakable good It is irrefutable
that laws ought to ensure the network, to do so the law should shield us from hurt as well as
ought to shield us from tested good standard. For a general public to work appropriately it
ought to have moral standards cause if the law doesn't secure or regard their qualities, their
commitment to the law is tested.

However, on the off chance that the law regards the public's virtues it is simpler to direct the
law since it will be intentional In 1963 Professor H.L.A Hart distributed law, freedom and
profound quality which began the renowned Hart Devlin banter concerning the Enforcement
of Morality by the criminal law. Ruler Devlin expressed that "The criminal law is only not
there for the security of people yet for society in general" and Professor Hart came out and said
"except if...
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points when it has focuses on all. In the event that it comes up short on those points it isn't law.
It should mean to be simply, or plan to serve the benefit of everyone. The difficult we face is
that some administrators have no ethical points and simply make law an apparatus of cash
making and force picking up.

In current Western political and lawful idea, the subject of lawful requirement of ethical
quality is smaller than the strict inclusion of those terms. That is on the grounds that much
lawful requirement of ethical quality is uncontroversial and seldom examined. Difference
emerges just when the law upholds parts of ethical quality that don't include securing others
from genuinely direct damages. All the more correctly, individuals bring up issues about lawful
prerequisites and from the estimations of a given society, which may be founded on strict laws,
convention or administrators. Moral lead would be what is considered 'right' in light of
individuals' hearts and society's shared qualities. Ethical quality is one route for a network to
characterize suitable action.

i. to perform acts that advantage others,

ii. to abstain from acts that cause roundabout damages to other people

iii. to abstain from acts that cause mischief to themselves

iv. to cease from acts that annoy others,

v. to abstain from acts that others accept are shameless


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 ENFORCEMENT OF MORALITY BY THE LAW :

 Freedom in Schopenhauer’s thought :

As per Arthur Schopenhauer, we can recognize three kinds of opportunity: physical, scholarly
and moral opportunity. Actual opportunity signifies "absence of obstructions, all things
considered" for example "free space", "free spot", "free way", "free seat", "free passage". There
are no actual material hindrances. Scholarly opportunity implies that an acumen shows human
will "non-bogus incitements as they are existing in the outer world". Incitements are picked by
us. Man is mentally free in light of the fact that "a demonstration is an away from of response
of his will for incitements"

. There are various incitements on the planet for example excellence, craving of intensity,
hunger (Schopenhauer 2004: 9-10, 82). I am mentally free since I "see" these incitements with
no misshapening/bending (for example I realize that I am ravenous and it shows me that I ought
to eat; I realize that you are delightful so I may become hopelessly enamored with you). The
astuteness makes it feasible for me and for my will.

Moral opportunity implies that there are a few incitements, for example, "dangers, guarantees,
perils" which might be hindrances for human acts, even these are viable with his will. "Will"
implies that "I may do it what I need". However, my will might be limited by and by certain
incitements which are not actual boundaries. These are good standards or dangers connected
with good and social assents for break out these standards (Schopenhauer 2004: 10-11). For
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instance, on the off chance that I need to murder the neighbour who presumably assault my
little girl, I know and feel that I can be rebuffed and socially criticized so I figure I don't
perpetrate that wrongdoing.

My ethical opportunity is generally identified with social profound quality which forbids a few
demonstrations, restricting the chance of my inevitable good decisions. The field of good
decisions is simply confined for my dread of social criticism and distance. Is that man actually
free? – Schopenhauer could inquire. I might want to underline that in social orders dependent
on moral pluralism there are various moralities. Ethical quality and decision of good standards
treated as "mine" are a piece of our opportunity. These are supposed "independent standards"
in light of the fact that I pick these standards, acknowledge them and concur with them. It is
only the ethical opportunity, as Schopenhauer could state.

 The Law has a minimum morality :

In precept of law (Hart, Dworkin) the law is regularly supposed to be a moral least or the law
as at least ethical quality (Mason, McCall Smith, Laurie 2002: 147-148).1 Ronald Dworkin
expounded on "political profound quality" or "established ethical quality" that "No
administrator can stand to overlook the public shock. It is a reality he should recon with. It will

1
As Lord Chief Justice Coleridge said in case R v. Instan, 1893, 1 QB at 453: “It would not be correct to say that
every moral obligation involves a legal duty; but every legal duty is founded on a moral obligation”.
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define the limits of what is politically achievable, and it will decide his procedures of influence
and authorization inside these limits.

However, we should not mistake system for equity, nor realities of political existence with
standards of political profound quality" (Dworkin 1971b: 55-72). It should be a social
agreement which carefully builds up that some solid unethical acts might be legitimately
prohibited or requested. In this way, as Dworkin appropriately contends, "a reliable lawmaker
who is told an ethical agreement exists should test the accreditations of that agreement".

How to arrive at that agreement? Dworkin says: "The case that an ethical agreement exists
isn't itself dependent on a survey. It depends on an appeal to the lawmaker's feeling of how
network responds to some disfavoured practice" (Dworkin 1971b: 68). Homosexual acts are
implemented by the law, ethical quality which is fussbudget is by all accounts the law
establishment (Hart 1971: 51). Laurence Tribe, an exceptional educator of sacred law,
additionally feels that denial of fetus removal limits lady's opportunity and is uncalled-for: lady
has "the option to choose not to end pregnancy" (Tribe 1990: 224)2

2
Compare liberal considerations about the right of woman to terminate a pregnancy, Dworkin 1993: 3, 110,
241.ss
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 The kinds of enforcement of morality by the law :

In regulation of law (Wasserstrom 1971: 6-9) we see various types of the requirement of
profound quality by the law. These are the accompanying sorts: reformatory authorization of
sexual profound quality, nonpenal implementation of sexual ethical quality, nonpenal
requirement of nonsexual ethical quality, punitive implementation of nonsexual ethical quality.
The reformatory requirement of ethical quality by the law utilizes corrective and criminal
estimates, for example, fines, capture, the prison discipline.

The nonpenal implementation of ethical quality by the law depends on common and regulatory
authorizations. Sexual profound quality identifies with for example fetus removal,
contraception, gay acts, erotic entertainment, prostitution, and concerns an issue of human
sexuality.

Allow us to give a few models now. Forbiddance of gay acts between the grown-ups is an
illustration of the reformatory requirement of sexual ethical quality. An absence of monetary
assistance for ladies prematurely ending hatchling sets up a type of the nonpenal
implementation of sexual ethical quality. Then again, the nonpenal authorization of nonsexual
ethical quality might be obvious in for example judgment of blame in the separation mediation.
In addition, for example a fine for individuals not regarding strict VIPs is by all accounts an
illustration of the correctional authorization of nonsexual profound quality.
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 MORALS AND THE CRIMINAL LAW :

A wrongdoing, considered as a lawful class, is a demonstration deserving of the state. For lead
to be viewed as criminal in this lawful sense, it should be a more thing than the infringement
of gathering ethical quality or custom. An individual's direct may stray from some accepted
practice and be viewed as flighty, terrible habits, profoundly inappropriate, or even absolutely
shameless, yet it isn't criminal lead. In the lawful angle except if it is additionally a deviation
from the criminal code set up and enforceable by the state.

This juridical origination of wrongdoing has its rationale in convenience, instead of in


sociological authenticity. It advantageously delimits wrongdoing which is the space of police,
investigator and judge from unfortunate behaviour which should be controlled only by the
weights of general assessment. Sociologically, notwithstanding, a criminal rule is basically the
conventional encapsulation of somebody's virtues (typically the gathering prevailing in
political expert) in an official proclamation, fortified with an authority punitive approval.

In addition, the simple truth that a given demonstration is made deserving of law doesn't settle
the inquiry of the impropriety of the disallowed lead; it doesn't block individuals from passing
good decisions on the legitimacy or illegitimacy of the conduct.
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 ROLE OF PUBLIC OPNION :

There are a few reasons why the criminal conduct in the models refered to isn't viewed as
improper by broad network agreement. Such deviations just don't convey similar harshness of
horrendous unethical behaviour as do different offenses, for example, murder, seizing, assault,
incendiarism, and burglary. They don't undermine our physical and financial endurance
similarly as do the more egregious offenses against individual furthermore, property.
Considerably more critical is the way that such infringement are basic to the ordinary lead of
business of people occupied with alcohol, betting, and bad habit endeavours.

Additionally, the direct monetary interest of these business visionaries is shared by implication
by incalculable public authorities and plain residents whose bread and butter are reliant upon
the proceeded with activity of such business exercises. At last, the endurance of these types of
wrongdoing is caused conceivable by the support of a public whose individual tastes and ethics
to separate from the qualities communicated in the criminal law.

Offenses of this character incorporate infringement of laws relating to trusts and joins,
protection, promoting of protections, traffic in food and medications, the work of kids,
aggregate dealing, and compensation and hour principles. The specialist who benefits from an
illicit stock or protection exchange, the business of kid work in opposition to government
codes, the counter association supervisor who displays the National Labour Relations Act, the
producer who rebelliously abuses pay and hour enactment all are participating in criminal
conduct in the legitimate sense.
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Be that as it may, are these people respected as shameless or against social in their direct by
the network by and large. Regarding these middle class wrongdoings of finance managers,
there is typically no aggressor and network wide open assessment which will fortify the lawful
assent and put down the legitimately unjust behaviour.3 The social way of thinking basic
ongoing administrative guidelines of' business representative and purchaser dealer relations is
not yet seen, substantially less acknowledged by the overall population.

For sure, as respects lead in business, there is a "when in doubt refrain from interfering"
mentality abroad in the network. Business relations have customarily been left to singular
venture and there are an extraordinary numerous who feel that if business is to flourish
individual heart as opposed to public heart should be the authority in these issues.

3
In his discussion of white-collar criminality ,E. H. Sutherland has shown that the community
is not organized solidly against such behaviour. The law is pressing in one direction, and other forces are
pressing in the opposite direction. In business, the 'rules of the game' conflict with the legal rules.
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 RELATION BETWEEN CRIMINAL LAW AND MORALITY :

Despite the fact that ethical quality and law can be decisively recognized, they are not
absolutely particular wonders. They are identified with one another in that the two of them
target keeping everything under control. There is a class of wrongs towards which law and
profound quality respond with basic scorn. They are offenses like homicide, assault, fire related
crime, burglary, robbery, and so forth Law and ethics intensely uphold and incredibly increase
each other in this issue.

. All that is viewed as improving the ethical blame of a specific offense is perceived as an
explanation behind expanding the seriousness of the discipline granted to it. Sir Stephen year
expressed, "the sentence of the law is to the ethical conclusion of the general population
corresponding to any offense what a seal is to hot wax". At the point when an individual from
the general public does a wrong including genuine good blame, the ethical estimation of the
general public gets irritated so truly that the entire society holds up in the entirety of its energy
to see that the wrongdoer is rebuffed harshly.

This overall dissatisfaction energized against the miscreant may breathe easy. In any case, the
way that he has been sentenced and rebuffed as a "hoodlum" or "killer" or "cheat" or "attacker"
stamps an imprint upon him forever. Hence the ethical assessment of general society gets
changed over into a perpetual last judgment what may some way or another be a transient
opinion. In this way, as per the creator the criminal law continues upon the rule that "it is
ethically option to loathe lawbreakers and it affirms and legitimizes that assumption by
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perpetrating upon hoodlums disciplines which express it." However, the new inclination of the
reformists is on the contrary lines, they state "disdain the wrongdoing not the crook" putting
together their contention with respect to the Gandhian way of thinking for example "scorn the
transgression not the miscreant", in light of the fact that a criminal isn't conceived, he is made.

Various conditions and encounters after his introduction to the world in the general public
become liable for his turning into a lawbreaker. In this way, today the "Reformative Justice" is
the way of thinking of the state. Cohen, in his article "Moral Aspects of the Criminal Law" (49
Yale L.J.989-990 (1940) notices " … what I wish to demand is that the criminal law is an
indispensable piece of the general set of laws and is dependent upon same contemplations
which do and should impact the entirety.

All the more explicitly, the criminal law can't be recognized from the rest by any distinction of
good guideline. A few wrongdoings, no doubt, are stunning; however there are numerous
violations that are felt to be considerably less inexcusable than numerous over the top types of
unfairness, savagery or extortion, which the law doesn't rebuff by any means, or probably
makes their culprit at risk to cash harms in a common suit… ."
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"The state is established on the brains of its residents, who are good specialists", says; Professor
R.N. Gilchrist, "… .A terrible people implies an awful state and awful laws". The facts
demonstrate that law is the subject of study in Political Science and profound quality is the
topic of Ethics, yet there is a nearby fondness between the two. Here we are to manage the
nearby closeness found among law and profound quality. Law and profound quality are
reciprocal to one another. Morals shows residents the set of principles.

It shows them the differentiation among truth and a lie. It makes us mindful of the misleading
quality and rightness of our activities. Morals empowers us to think in good terms and updates
us in good terms. It causes us in increasing our ethical expectation. Laws outlined by the state
likewise focus on the equivalent. A definitive finish of the state lies in advancing the
government assistance of the individuals.

The state points life. Political Theory likewise empowers people to come out as productive
members of society, individual can turn into an ideal resident just when he follows the Code of
direct by profound quality. So there is a nearby liking among law and profound quality. Ideal
residents are to be an ideal state. A state can turn into an ideal state just when it works through
ideal laws of ethical quality. Ethical quality is the premise of ideal laws. On the off chance that
the state works through ideal laws which depend on ethical quality, it will help the crisis of an
ideal state.

For instance, laws outlined with a reason for wiping out such shades of malice and acts of
neglect as drinking of wine, betting, robbery, dacoity and murder are good laws. They stir our
slant of profound quality and empower us to become ideal residents. Just those laws which
depend on profound quality stay perpetual.
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A state inside good laws can't gain a ground. In a state where violations are given stimulus
individuals will stay occupied in perpetrating wrongdoings and won't have the option to think
about their own advancement. Therefore, they will deteriorate into the crude savage. In this
association, Plato has suitably commented, "The best state is what is closest in ideals to the
person. In the event that any piece of the body politic endures, the entire body endures".

 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY :

 There is a checked qualification among law and ethical quality. The principal purpose
of contrast is that laws are implemented by the state though ordinances of profound
quality are followed at the call of establishment. On the off chance that one resists the
orders of law or abuses the laws, he is at risk to be rebuffed by the state however on the
off chance that one neglects to notice the qualms of ethical quality, he isn't subject to
be granted actual discipline. The severest discipline that can be granted to an individual
for not noticing the qualms of profound quality is his social blacklist.
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 Profound quality is worried about both inside and outside undertakings of man though
law is concerned distinctly with the outer issues of man. Henceforth, law rebuffs just
those people who abuse laws by their outer activities. For instance, law rebuffs an
individual just when he-perpetrates a burglary or dacoity or murder or some other actual
wrongdoing. Law can't rebuff an individual for lying or for mishandling somebody.
Lying, denouncing somebody, indicating disfavour to other people, being unreasonable
and numerous other interior activities of man are sins however they are not
wrongdoings.

 There are numerous things which are not illicit as indicated by law but rather are
unsuitable to ethical quality. For instance, lying, demonstrating disfavor to other
people, feeling eager, being unreasonable and not aiding poor people, are not against
the soul of law. Not just this, occasionally the selection of unethical arrangements by
the state for the reason for normal government assistance isn't illicit according to laws.
Machiavelli kept up that even the indecent practices are legitimate, in the event that
they are applied to help the state.

 Profound quality is the thing that is viewed as good and bad in a general public while
laws are decides and guidelines that are deserving of the courts whenever abused. It is
a set of accepted rules that manages the conduct of individuals from a general public,
however it could be in inconsistency of the rules that everyone must follow at times.
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 Ethics have a strict and social hugeness, and there is an arrangement of authorization
whereby degenerate conduct is scorned, or the part boycotted. Profound quality is the
thing that religion requests while law is the thing that the state requests. Ethics fill in as
the primary line of safeguard in a general public, and there is a programmed consistence
to them while courts and police are expected to guarantee consistence with laws.

 Essentially, there are numerous things which are unlawful according to the state yet are
satisfactory to profound quality. For instance, it's anything but a transgression not to
keep to one side or to drive the vehicle quick on the lookout. The truth of the matter is
that the standards of ethical quality are worried about the ethical obligations though the
laws of the state are worried about the legitimate obligations.

 Another purpose of qualification among law and profound quality is that laws are sure
and widespread and they are generally material to all residents though the ordinances
of ethical quality are very questionable. Not just this, many time's various races have
various standards of ethical quality in a general public. For instance, countless
individuals think it indecent to eat meat and drink wine. And yet, there are individuals
in India who think it very good to eat meat and drink wine.
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 CONCLUSION:

Law is basically a bunch of rules and standards made and authorized by the state while ethics
are an allowance of faith based expectations, qualities and standards and conduct principles
which are upheld and made by society. Legitimate and moral principles can be segregated with
the previous being made by the authoritative foundation of parliament; while the last have
advanced with and through society and are the norms which society as a rule acknowledges
and advances. A few laws reflect most of society's ethical view, for instance, that murder isn't
right yet the presentation of same sex relationships is seen by certain individuals as ethically
off-base and society is separated.

The investigation of killing inspires the tremendous influence of various sentiments which exist
about the ethical good and bad of the taking of a human existence to ease agony and
languishing. Moral contentions flourish for the authorization of wilful extermination and
furthermore for it staying unlawful in English law. This territory of law is one in which the
degree to which the law ought to intercede in people groups' lives is applicable. Wilful
extermination is likewise fruitful ground for talking about the degree to which the law ought to
and authorizes virtues. It is a particularly emotive subject since it concerns the torment and
enduring of relatives and furthermore brings into account strict perspectives and the specialist's
vow.

The instance of R (Pretty) v DPP fn1 has excited extraordinary interest in the nation. Diane
Pretty experiences a serious terminal sickness and wants to kick the bucket during a period
based on her personal preference. Libertarian backers of the independent right of individuals
to pick their own predetermination and end their lives how and when they need to, relate to
Mrs Pretty. They contend that her desire is her own decision and abuses nobody else and is to
everybody's greatest advantage. Mrs Pretty considers passing to be the favoured choice and
since it will in the end happen it is smarter to sanction it and control it. According to the person
in question and family passing may not be a particularly awful thing.
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 BIBLOGRAPHY:

 www.lawteacher.net
 www.cambridge.org
 www.libertarianism.org
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