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Jonathan Sumption is a British judge and historian, who served as a Supreme Court Justice from 2012-2018. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Trials of the State, Law in a Time of Crisis, and Divided Houses, which won the 2009 Wolfson History Prize.It would be hard to find a better primer on what ails the transatlantic democracies
Financial Times
A brilliant collection of essays... We are fortunate indeed to have Sumption making the case for democracy's defence
Spectator
Well-written and thought provoking... confirms its authors status as one of the most interesting figures in British public life
Times Literary Supplement
A timely red alert that democratic values cannot be taken for granted
The Times
Jonathan Sumption is one of our foremost intellectuals... this book of essays demonstrates the breadth of his perceptions and the originality of his mind
Telegraph
Sumption brings legal expertise, a concern for the careful exercise of power and a weather eye for political, social and cultural faultlines to bear upon modern Britain
The Critic
Provocative, even dark, and very wise
Irish Times
In a world where rational debate and objective truth are dismissed by so many who influence our politics, Jonathan Sumption's book is a refreshing joy. The rigour of his argument challenges and enlightens even where one disputes his conclusions
Country Life
An erudite book
The New European
Praise for Law in a Time of Crisis: Thoughtful, stimulating and even entertaining ... Lord Sumption's opinion is always worth listening to, even - or especially - if one disagrees with it
- Telegraph, Robert Tombs
Any person of broadly liberal instinct will find much in this enjoyable book to agree with and much that can improve one's way of thinking and of making an argument
- Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
Sumption has always been more than just a lawyer ... a true Renaissance man
- David Runciman, Guardian