Trials of the State
Law and the Decline of Politics
$24.52
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2020
Summary
In the past few decades, legislatures throughout the world have suffered from gridlock. In democracies, laws and policies are just as soon unpicked as made. It seems that Congress and Parliaments cannot forge progress or consensus. Moreover, courts often overturn decisions made by elected representatives.
In the absence of effective politicians, many turn to the courts to solve political and moral questions. Rulings from the Supreme Courts in the United States and United Kingdom, or t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788163736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788163737 |
| Author: | Jonathan Sumption |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 124mm x 196mm |
Critics Review
brisk, entertaining, brilliant … one of the great lawyers of our time – Bryan Appleyard * the Sunday Times *
magisterial – Edward Fennell * the Times *
Jonathan Sumption
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, is a British judge and historian. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2012 to 2018. He has written several books of Medieval history including The Age of Pilgrimage, The Albigensian Crusade, and four books on the Hundred Years’ War, the third of which, Divided Houses, won the 2009 Wolfson History Prize.
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