Lord Sumption emphasises the importance of the political process over judicial intervention in policymaking: “The correct route to resolve [policy disputes] is through politics, not the courts,” ...
LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas of the law where the government has strong opinions, a British judge who recently resigned from the top Hong ...
Every person has equal moral value, but that shouldn’t preclude a debate about the proportionality of lockdowns. When asked, “Is the lockdown punishing too many for the greater good?” on a recent ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A celebrated British judge, author and medieval historian has won Western Michigan University's Otto Gründler Book Prize for the fourth in his series of books about the Hundred Years ...
Some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals believe them. Substitute “judges” for “intellectuals” and George Orwell’s marvellous aphorism applies perfectly to an article by Jonathan Sumption first ...
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Mr Sumption and Lawrence Collins are set to be followed by Beverly McLachlin, former chief justice of the Supreme ...
John Adams, the second president of the United States, concluded that “democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself”. This observation begins the opening essay in The ...
Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption delivered the 2025 Shrieval Lecture in Hereford, discussing free speech, social media, and ...
Last week's appointment of Jonathan Sumption QC to the Supreme Court confirmed months of speculation, but the prior warning has not made the high-profile barrister's rapid ascension to the UK's ...
The legal profession is particularly at risk of 'significant and damaging change' without office interactions, warns the former Supreme Court judge. Lord Jonathan Sumption has warned the legal ...
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