Six talks about
Law, Justice and Democracy by Lord McCluskey
Scottish High Court Judge,
Solicitor-General for Scotland 1974-9
5: An Enormous Power
'It would be a bold man who would argue that the Bills of Rights, applied or contemplated in democratic societies whose common law is comparable to ours, can succeed in preserving the fundamental rights of citizens in those countries more effectively than does the ordinary law, as applied in the United Kingdom.'
(Re-broadcast next Sunday on Radio 3) (Lecture 6. 'Lions Under the Throne' next Wednesday on Radio 4)
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