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Law's Expanding Empire
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Former judge Jonathan Sumption explains how the growth of the law, driven by a demand for greater security and less risk, now means that we have less liberty.
In his first lecture, recorded at Middle Temple in London in front of an audience, Jonathan Sumption argues that, until the 19th century, law only dealt with a very narrow range of human problems. But that has changed radically. And he says that the growth of the law, driven by a demand for greater security and less risk, means we have less liberty.
A version for television of the programme first broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 on Tuesday 21 May.
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