THE KINSHIP OF LAW WITH MORALITY

The relationship between the two great normative systems, law and morality, which regulate and control human conduct in society, has been a subject of intense debate for a century among legal scholars, philosophers, and social scientists. Even if there is a long and controversial history of the debate regarding the relationship between law and morality, most doctrinaires maintain that law and morality, in their quality as hypostases or distinct aspects of human society, enjoy a firm relationship, an interconnection and conditioning mutual and dynamic. Despite well-documented debates in the literature, there is no clear consensus on the basic questions this topic raises. This short essay aims to clarify the interplay between law and morality by examining their conceptual distinctions, the influence of morality on law, the limitations of each in addressing societal concerns, the role of morality in lawmaking, judicial interpretation, and legal application. of law, the dynamic interactions between law and morality according to their evolution over time.