University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1975 Government enforcement of morality : a critical analysis of the Devlin-Hart controversy. Peter August Bittlinger University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Bittlinger, Peter August, "Government enforcement of morality : a critical analysis of the Devlin-Hart controversy." (1975). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 1909. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/1909 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT OF MORALITY A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEVLIN-HART CONTROVERSY A Dissertation Presented By PETER AUGUST BITTLINGER Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY December 1975 Political Science Peter August Bittlinger I976 All Rights Reserved GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT OF MORALITY A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEVLIN-HART CONTROVERSY A Dissertation Presented By PETER AUGUST BITTLINGER Approved as to style and content by: Felix E. Grppenheim, Chairman •Loren P. Beth, Member Lawrence Foster, Member ( /^IA Loren P. Beth, Head