'Few contemporary Britons are as intelligent as Jonathan Sumption' The Telegraph 'A timely
red alert that democratic values cannot be taken for granted' The Times NOW FEATURING A NEW
ESSAY ON ISRAEL GAZA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Across the globe democracy is in crisis - in the
UK alone it has been rocked by Brexit the pandemic and successive attempts by governments to
bypass legal norms. But how did this happen and where might we go from here? Jonathan
Sumption cuts through the political noise with acute analysis of the state of democracy today -
from the vulnerabilities of international law to the deepening suppression of democracy
activism in Hong Kong and from the complexities of human rights legislation to the defence of
freedom of speech. Timely incisive and wholly original Challenges of Democracy applies the
brilliance of 'the cleverest man in Britain' to the most urgent and far-reaching political
issue of our day.
