The Rule of Law
Britain's senior judge sets out what the rule of law actually requires, written for the general reader.
Bingham was the senior Law Lord through the years of the war on terror, and wrote this after retiring, for readers with no legal training. He sets out eight principles the rule of law requires, from accessibility of the law to compliance with international obligations, and tests recent British practice against them. It won the Orwell Prize.
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Shami Chakrabarti
A new book from probably the greatest jurist of our times, probably anywhere in the world. Recently retired, he was the senior law lord for the War on Terror and therefore heavily responsible for some very important decisions from the House of Lords Judicial Committee: against torture, against detention without trial, and so on. What’s wonderful about this book is that it’s not a law book; it’s for everybody.
Interview · December 2010
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