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Etching the contours of public morality

The debate was triggered by the Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution published in 1957 by Sir John Wolfendon who recommended decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK after a string of high-profile convictions. While Devlin opposed the Wolfendon Report’s recommendations, Professor Hart supported them.

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