The Rule of Law

The Secret Barrister This book is cited as mandatory reading for all prospective law students at every law school in the country, but I would go further and decree it compulsory for all politicians and indeed anybody with any interest in public life. (Source)

Max Mosley What’s interesting about The Rule of Law is that it’s written by someone who was until very recently the UK’s most senior judge, Lord Bingham. It’s comforting because it shows that the highest level of the judiciary is really interested in the liberty of the individual and freedom in all its various guises. It’s also got all sorts of fascinating little pieces in it. For example, he criticises the way in which the Americans put certain prisoners outside the reach of their courts in Guantanamo Bay and mentions that the executive in England was doing exactly the same thing, putting prisoners... (Source)

Shami Chakrabarti A new book from probably the greatest jurist of our times, probably anywhere in the world. (Source)

Jonathan Sumption It’s essentially a basic introduction to the social and political functions of law in modern Britain, which is addressed to non-lawyers. (Source)