Jonathan Sumption – The Challenges of Democracy
25th October @ 14:30 – 15:30
Across the globe, democracy is in crisis – in the UK 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? In a provocative series of essays, former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times-bestselling author, Jonathan Sumption cuts through the political noise with acute analysis of the state of democracy today – from the vulnerabilities of international law, to the deepening suppression of democracy activism in Hong Kong, and from the complexities of human rights legislation to the defence of freedom of speech.
Timely, incisive and wholly original, The Challenges of Democracy applies the brilliance of the ‘cleverest man in Britain’ to the most urgent and far-reaching political issue of our day.
Jonathan Sumption is a British judge and historian, who served as a Supreme Court Justice from 2012 – 2018. 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.
Jonathan Sumption will be in conversation with Jo Durrant.
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