Morality and the Law: Working Together in Society

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This paper examines the purpose of the law, morality as an influence on law, and the purpose of the law under the value/consensus model, rational/contract model, and power/coercion model. It then explains the current state of the debate regarding illegal drugs and the law.

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"We can look at the law from a historical perspective and see that many of the laws we have in our society are reflective of the limits which are needed to prevent anarchy. After learning about the history of the law and social events and movements throughout our society, we are able to understand the law in a more whole and complete way. "In the latter part of the 1960s, into the 1970s, the emergence of a 'counterculture' and both a feminist movement and a gay rights movement contributed to an environment where abandonment or repeal of traditional legal proscription of some forms of sexual deviance could occur. "

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