Populism on Trial: What Happens When Trust in Law Breaks Down
By Inigo Bing
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In a Britain that is becoming increasingly fractious and intolerant, the responsibility for upholding the values of broadmindedness, pluralism and individual freedom is passing from the politicians to the judges.
But the bonds of trust that bind people to their institutions are breaking down, and the values underpinning judicial law-making are now under threat from a new populism. Using vivid examples from the fall-out from Brexit, the threat to parliamentary democracy, the impact of terrorism and austerity and the actions of politicians trying to prevent judicial oversight of ministerial power, this book warns that the rule of law is a fragile ingredient of democracy which may too easily become side-lined unless it is vigorously upheld.
Inigo Bing has spent his life in the law, first as a barrister and then as a judge, and has observed first-hand how values once regarded as sacred are now at risk from a new form of anger-driven and distrustful politics.
Inigo Bing
Inigo Bing has spent a lifetime in the law, first as a barrister and then as a judge. He studied law at the University of Birmingham and later undertook postgraduate study in history at Birkbeck, University of London. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was active in politics, first in the Labour Party and then in the SDP, and his political outlook informs the ideas presented in this book. He is a Bencher of the Inner Temple and the author of Populism on Trial: What Happens When Trust in Law Breaks Down.
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