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Jonathan Sumption: War, Lockdowns and Lessons from the Past

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

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The European Court of Human Rights and Interpretation

This chapter explores the view of the European Court of Human Rights on the legislative process. It discusses the argument that the Court has a wider political agenda and has emancipated itself from the text of the convention. The chapter also proposes the idea of substituting the European Convention with an identical text but with responsible interpretation.

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