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The Brave New World of Sir John Laws
Author(s) -
Griffith J.A.G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the modern law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-2230
pISSN - 0026-7961
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2230.00257
Subject(s) - constitution , sovereignty , law , autonomy , economic justice , democracy , political philosophy , power (physics) , politics , law and economics , political science , sociology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This article considers the political philosophy of Lord Justice Sir John Laws who, in a series of articles, developed a theory of the UK constitution based on Kant’s principle of the sovereign autonomy of the individual. The author points to the dangers of entrusting the judiciary with too much power at the expense of the democratic process.