I am a judicial review sceptic – I do not trust courts to effectively secure our freedoms. In my view, rights are political – to secure them we must place them at the centre of politics and not rely on the judicial elite to keep us free from tyranny. As a result, I have argued that:

The unintended consequence of support for the Human Rights Act (HRA) is that it perpetuates the process of juridification – leaving rights as an issue to be dealt with by the judiciary, and marginalising the people from any active role in the defence of liberty.…  Seguir leyendo »