The Relationships between Law and Morality: A Comparison between English Law and Islamic Law

Although criminal law has never been completely distinct from morality, considerable controversy has always existed, among lawyers and philosophers about the nature and extent of their co- relationship. In other words, there exist opposing views on whether or not a forbidden conduct committed against commands of morality should necessarily be a criminal offence, punishable in the eyes of the law. This issue and the answers given to this question by English law and Islamic law have been discussed in this article from a comparative perspective.