A prestigious panel offered its response to Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures, followed by a reply from Lord Sumption himself. In his lectures for the BBC, Lord Sumption argued that judges have ...

Midway through the 2019 Reith Lectures. Must stay focused. This year’s speaker is the former Supreme Court justice, QC Lord Sumption: author of four volumes on the Hundred Years War, leading advocate ...

Are there principles that trump democracy? This was one of a number of profound philosophical and legal questions addressed by former UK Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption in his recent and ...

The powers are there, if needed. It is interesting that Lord Sumption argued cogently and brilliantly in his 2019 Reith Lectures that the law was moving into the realms of politics.

These are basic questions which lie behind the claim often made in Northern Ireland that all rights are beyond legitimate dispute. They also lie at the heart of this year’s series of BBC Reith ...

BBC Radio 4 has confirmed further details for the 2019 Reith Lectures, to be given by Jonathan Sumption. The five lectures entitled Law and the Decline of Politics will broadcast weekly on BBC ...

Will Lord Sumption’s Reith lectures be aimed at Lord Hoffmann? Lord Sumption’s Reith lectures on Radio 4 next year should prove fascinating. The soon-to-retire Supreme Court justice will argue ...

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Judge, author and historian Jonathan Sumption is the 2019 BBC Reith Lecturer. Sumption will deliver five lectures on BBC Radio 4 outlining the decline of politics and the rise of law to fill the void.

Judge, author and historian Jonathan Sumption will be the 2019 BBC Reith Lecturer. Sumption will deliver five lectures on BBC Radio 4 in Spring 2019, outlining the decline of politics and the rise ...

BBC Radio 4 has confirmed further details for the 2019 Reith Lectures, to be given by Jonathan Sumption. The five lectures entitled Law and the Decline of Politics will broadcast weekly on BBC ...