The Challenges of Democracy And the Rule of Law
The Challenges of Democracy And the Rule of Law

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The Challenges of Democracy And the Rule of Law

By Jonathan Sumption
Profile Books December 2025

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ISBN-13
9781805222521
Publisher
Profile Books
Publication
December 2025
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Paperback
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U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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A provocative series of essays from the former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times-bestselling author

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 - 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.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
Politics and the State
II. Democracy and its Enemies
III. What is Going On in the United Kingdom?
IV. A State of Fear
V. Hong Kong: A Modern Tragedy
Law in our Lives
VI. The Legitimacy of Law
VII. Entrenching Rights: the Rule of Law and Human Rights
VIII. The President’s Crimes
The International Dimension of Law
IX. International Tribunals: For and Against
X. Mission Creep: Article 6 of the Human Rights Convention
XI. The European Union and the Nation State
Freedom of Speech
XII. The New Roundheads: Politics and the Misuse of History
XIII. Free Speech and its Enemies
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