Brexit, the possible break-up of the UK, pandemics, this is a country in crisis.
With razor sharp intelligence and far-reaching analysis he counsels caution both in our impulse to radically upend the system and to challenge results that we may not be what we want..
From the role of the Supreme Court to the uses of referenda to the rise of nationalisms within the United Kingdom, Sumption exposes the subtleties, uses, and abuses of legal and judicial interventions.
Conventions, such as the Prime Minister being an MP, can not be enforced in the same way as laws.
What are the limits of law in politics? What is the relationship between law and the constitution? Is not having a constitution a hindrance or a help in Time of crisis? Former supreme court judge Jonathan Sumption wrestles with past, current and potential crises that this increasingly divided country faces.
But in a country without a written constitution such as the UK, the precise limits between legal obligation and convention can be hazy.
In crises the law sets the boundaries of what the government can and should do.
Brexit, the possible break-up of the UK, pandemics, this is a country in crisis
