
Jonathan Sumption: “Democracy is impossible for the state to satisfy”
The former judge on the limits of politics, the Chagos Islands and Trumpism.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
The former judge on the limits of politics, the Chagos Islands and Trumpism.
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ByA hearing at the Supreme Court exposed just how flawed its position on gender recognition is.
ByDemocracy be damned.
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ByJury-free rape trials are a necessary attempt to change a system stacked against women.
ByThe lawyer Spencer Sheehan has filed hundreds of cases against companies that, he says, misrepresent their products.
ByThe “Feminist Barrister’s” entitled sensationalism detracts from her causes.
ByOnline sleuths will inevitably accuse the wrong people. Better to name the subjects of investigations.
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ByUnconvicted murderers are not, in fact, more popular than exhausted junior lawyers.
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