The Challenges of Democracy
and the rule of law
$51.22
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2025
Summary
Democracy on the Brink: Navigating the Perils of Our Time
Across the globe, democracy is in crisis. In the UK alone, it has been rocked by Brexit, the pandemic, and successive attempts by governments to bypass legal norms. But how did this happen, and where might we go from here?
Jonathan Sumption cuts through the political noise with acute analysis of the state of democracy today, examining:
- The vulnerabilities of international law
- The deepening suppr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805222507 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805222503 |
| Author: | Jonathan Sumption |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 140mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
‘Praise for Law in a Time of Crisis: Thoughtful, stimulating and even entertaining … Lord Sumption’s opinion is always worth listening to, even - or especially - if one disagrees with it’ - Telegraph‘Any person of broadly liberal instinct will find much in this enjoyable book to agree with and much that can improve one’s way of thinking and of making an argument’ - Daniel Finkelstein‘Sumption has always been more than just a lawyer … a true Renaissance man’ - David Runciman
About The Author
Jonathan Sumption
Jonathan Sumption is a British judge and historian, who served as a Supreme Court Justice for six years. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Trials of the State, Law in a Time of Crisis, and Divided Houses, which won the 2009 Wolfson History Prize.
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