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The Law-Morality Relation Revisited

“…64 Against this supra-social, supra-political, supra-state notion of conscience was pitted the alternative notion advanced by Hobbes and by Lord Nottingham, among others: 'a conscience that was strictly "civil and political", namely pacific and prudent'. 65 On the one hand, then, was a religious-moral conscience 'regulated by the "truth of a creed"', while on the other was a legal conscience, 'regulated by the "laws of the land"'. 66 The legal type of conscience was developed over several centuries.…”

“…65 On the one hand, then, was a religious-moral conscience 'regulated by the "truth of a creed"', while on the other was a legal conscience, 'regulated by the "laws of the land"'. 66 The legal type of conscience was developed over several centuries. Saunders focuses on the influence of the publication, in 1528 and 1530, of two dialogues by Christopher St German, 'a barrister of the Middle Temple in London', under the title Doctor and Student.…”