The Reith Lectures

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Jun 2020
  • Episodes: 9
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC Parliament
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 2019
2019x1
Law's Expanding Empire
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 23, 2020
In the 19th century, the law dealt with only a very narrow range of human problems.
2019x2
In Praise of Politics
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Air date
Jun 30, 2020
Jonathan Sumption discusses state legitimacy and how democracy can be effective in accommodating political differences.
2019x3
Human Rights and Wrongs
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Air date
Jul 07, 2020
In his third lecture, Jonathan Sumption argues that concepts of human rights have a long history in the common law.
2019x4
Rights and the Ideal Constitution
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Air date
Jul 14, 2020
Jonathan Sumption, formerly one of England and Wales's most senior judges sitting in the UK's Supreme Court, assesses the US and UK's constitutional models.
2019x5 Season finale
Shifting the Foundations
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 21, 2020
In this final lecture, former judge Jonathan Sumption makes some suggestions to restore faith in democracy – starting by fixing the party system and changing the way we vote.

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