Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of LawMorals. The generally accepted moral standards of the com munity will have a powerful in¿uence upon the court in its quest for the proper rule, but they will not necessarily be controlling. Law and morals, or law and ethics are not synonymous terms. It is true that a few ancient cases can be found in which judges have said that the law is what is right, or that the principles of Christianity are part of the common law, but expediency and policy frequently de mand rulings quite irreconcilable with common conceptions of morality.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.