Rule of Law in Scotland
(and elsewhere)
I thought you might
like to know that an important new book about the constitutional crisis
in Scotland (and elsewhere) was published last week and is now available on
Amazon. As a parliamentarian, I am sure you will want to read it in order to understand
the argument it puts and the important questions in raises. The book is called THE
JUSTICE FACTORY and it is subtitled CAN THE RULE OF LAW
SURVIVE IN 21ST CENTURY SCOTLAND?
Part
I describes from actual interviews the sort of people who have served as judges
in Scotland since the turn of this century. They are the upholders of our law.
Part II describes threats to the rule of law which are emerging from the political
world. It is uncertain whether the judiciary will be allowed to retain the
institutional independence it has long enjoyed in order to withstand these political
threats.
I have written other
acclaimed books about law and two successful ones about life in rural Scotland
as seen from the deck of a yacht. The Justice Factory describes the
history of the rule of law in Scotland, from its evolution in the seventeenth
century to its crumbling foundations in modern times.
As I see it, the
main threat to liberty in Scotland today is, as in many other countries, the
desire to replace the rule OF law with rule BY law.
That is the dream of authoritarians everywhere. This is the first book to
examine the phenomenon at close range, yet in a historical context. It explains
the creeping “democratic deficit” in Scotland and, by analogy, elsewhere.
The Foreword to The
Justice Factory was written by Lord Hope of Craighead, ex-Deputy
President of the UK Supreme Court, and the Introduction to Part II was
contributed by Alan Page, Professor of Public Law at the University of
Dundee, who is author of Constitutional Law of Scotland.
The Justice
Factory is an authoritative work on an important subject. Can you afford
not to be up to speed with the issues arising from the current crisis at the
intersection of law and government?
You can order a copy
through Amazon at this link: The Justice Factory (2020) on Amazon (or click on the picture left)
Thank you for your
attention.
Ian Mitchell
ian@ianmitchellonline.co.uk
“Read this wonderful book” Ian
Hamilton QC
“Arresting reading” Prof Adam
Tompkins MSP
