LIFE. SEX. RACE. POWER. FREE SPEECH. PROTEST. PRIVACY. DEMOCRACY.
SOVEREIGNTY. DEATH. Society shapes law... and law shapes society.
We like to imagine that progress comes about when Parliament spots
a looming groundswell in public opinion and responds by changing
the laws that govern our daily lives. This is not always true. In
this fascinating book, Inigo Bing unravels ten legal cases in which
the decisions of judges or a jury either heralded a shift in
outlook or forced Parliament to respond to simmering social change.
Some of these cases demonstrate the role judges have in defending
our civil liberties against overweening executive power,
articulating inherent unwritten rights Parliament would prefer to
keep quiet about. Others explore what happens when rapid
technological or social change outpaces government, placing urgent
ethical dilemmas in the lap of the court. All of them have had a
lasting impact on the society we inhabit. Taken together, these
stories provide a powerful insight into eighty years of British
social, political and cultural history, illustrating why legal
cases are just as important to making our world as laws written by
Parliament or grassroots changes within society.
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