Introduction / Christoph Knill, Christian Adam, and Steffen Hurka -- Conceptualizing and measuring styles of moral regulation / Christian Adam, Steffen Hurka, and Christopher Knill -- Empirical trends and conventional explanations: some puzzling misfits / Steffen Hurka, Christopher Knill, and Christian Adam -- Theoretical expectations regarding sources and directions of morality policy change / Christian Adam, Christoph Knill, and Steffen Hurka -- Abortion: finding the impossible compromise / Kerstin Nebel and Steffen Hurka -- Euthanasia: different moves towards punitive permissiveness / Caroline Preidel and Christoph Knill -- Pornography: 'soft-core' liberalization of indecent material in Europe / Christian Person -- Prostitution: sin, unavoidable evil, or recognized profession? / Eva-Maria Euchner and Christoph Knill -- Homosexuality: patterns of hidden compensation on the road towards sexual liberty / Steffen Heichel -- Handguns: on target for authority? /Steffen Hurka -- Gambling: erosion and persistence of domestic sports betting monopolies / Christian Adam -- Illegal drugs: two worlds of authority / Andreas Raschzok -- |