2
Menu
Home
My Library
My Account
Pocketmags Plus+
Title A-Z
Category A-Z
Popular Magazines
Latest Offers
Gift Vouchers
Activate a Subscription
Blog
Help & Support
US
0
Basket
My Account
My Library
Login
Plus+
BEST SELLERS
OFFERS
Craft & Hobby
Aviation & Transport
Leisure
General Interest
Sport
SITE SETTINGS
GBP - £
USD - $
AUD - $
CAD - $
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
LIGHT MODE
DARK MODE
All Categories
Art & Photography
Art
Design
Architecture
Photography
Aviation & Transport
Motorcycles
Flying & Aviation
Car Magazines
Trains
Home & Family
Kids
Family
Pets & Animals
Cooking
DIY
Gardening
Real Estate
Home Decor
Food and Drink
Cooking & Baking
Drink
Vegetarian & Vegan
Gluten Free & Special Diets
General Interest
History & Knowledge
Astrology
Education & Literary
Spiritual & Religion
Industry & Trade
National & Regional
Books
News & Current Affairs
Fitness & Health
Healthcare
Running
Women's Fitness
Men's Fitness
Healthy Eating & Diet
Spirituality & Wellbeing
Craft & Hobby
Collection
RC Modelling
Scale Modelling
Sewing & Knitting
Woodworking
Arts & Crafts
Leisure Interest
Travel
Boating & Sailing
Poker & Gambling
RV & Motorhome
Outdoor & Camping
TV & Movie
Tattoo
Horse & Equestrian
Animal
Men's Interest
Fashion
Gay
TV & Movie
Men's Fitness
Motorcycles
Car Magazines
Soccer
Angling & Fishing
Gaming
Accessories & Gadgets
Newspapers
All
Music
Classical
Heavy Metal
Alternative
Rock
Pop
Practical & Playing
Hi-Fi
Sport
Soccer
Cycling
Rugby
Golf & Cricket
Soccer Programmes
Angling & Fishing
Guns & Archery
Boxing & MMA
Horse & Equestrian
Other
Boards & Watersports
Running & Athletics
Racing
Ski & Snowmobile
Outdoor Adventure
Gaming and Tech
Apple
Gaming
Internet
Gadgets
PC
Mobile
Industry & Trade
Money & Finance
Architecture & Building
Military & Defense
Teaching & Education
Media
Retail Trade
Agriculture
Hospitality
Business
Logistics
Government
Travel
Women's Interest
Hairstyles
Celebrity Gossip
Weddings & Bridal
Lifestyle & Fashion
Weight Loss
Fitness
SITE SETTINGS
GBP - £
USD - $
AUD - $
CAD - $
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
EUR - €
LIGHT MODE
DARK MODE
Digital Subscriptions
>
Prospect Magazine
>
Jan/Feb 2021
>
JUSTICE DELAYED
Home
My Library
My Account
Pocketmags Plus+
Title A-Z
Category A-Z
Popular Magazines
Latest Offers
Gift Vouchers
Activate a Subscription
Blog
Help & Support
Read on any device
Safe & Secure Ordering
5 MIN READ TIME
THE RULE OF LAW
JUSTICE DELAYED
The courts backlog is leaving vulnerable defendants stuck in legal limbo. A solution must be found—fast
AMANDA PINTO INTERVIEWED BY EMILY LAWFORD
Long before the pandemic “the courts were lying empty,” said Pinto, “because judges were not allowed to sit”
© IAN DAGNALL/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
Read the complete article and many more in this issue of
Prospect Magazine
Purchase options below
If you own the issue,
Login
to read the full article now.
Single Digital Issue
Jan/Feb 2021
 
$5.99
/ issue
BUY NOW
This issue and other back issues are not included in a new subscription. Subscriptions include the latest regular issue and new issues released during your subscription. Prospect Magazine
PRINT SUBSCRIPTION?
Available at magazine.co.uk, the
best magazine subscription offers
online.
 
VIEW OFFERS
This article is from...
Prospect Magazine
Jan/Feb 2021
VIEW IN STORE
Other Articles in this Issue
A new year and a new look
A new year and a new look
Basking in Trump, Brexit and various shades of
Contributors
Contributors
Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial
Letters
Letters
We blew it on Brexit I am partly
Up front
Theatre
Before the curtain rises the industry must change, says James Graham
The vaccine
Can you really trust a miracle product cooked up with such speed? Philip Ball explains why you should
In fact
“Is that the puzzles page?” In the UK,
Trump’s foreign policy
Past form suggests the china shop will be no safer with the bull gone, argues Mary Dejevsky
...the classics
Charlotte Higgins
ZOOM CALLS OF ART HISTORY
EU law in the UK, 1973-2020: an obituary
With the ending of the Brexit transition period
Ironic republic
Restricted in public, Iranians are taking to the internet to express dissent—and make dark jokes, says Holly Dagres
Working from home
Will we be scrambling to get back to the office post-lockdown? Don’t bank on it, finds one large survey
Should journalists stop relying so much on anonymous sources?
Alan Rusbridger YES Pippa Crerar NO YES I
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
The future of liberalism
Faced with stubborn populism and advancing authoritarianism, liberals need to craft a new agenda—learning from serious missteps over the last generation, and shaking shibboleths of both right and left
The revolution will be institutionalised
The great liberal promise is that power must always be held to account. Agreed political rules and formal institutions are the means to honour it. But they are under assault by a populist right—and a misguided left
Know your enemy
Painting today’s anti-liberals as 20th-century totalitarians gets them wrong—and could let them off the hook
TOMORROW’S ECONOMY
Devalued currency? The Treasury today
It has been the most powerful department on Whitehall for a century, coming back stronger from every crisis. But, argues the former Editor of the Financial Times, in the age of populism and Covid-19, the writ of 1 Horse Guards Road isn’t running like it used to
Project diversity
Government-backed initiatives to bring ethnic minorities into the boardroom have delivered little. Corporate diversity programmes are one solution. Are they really doing any good?
The food bankparadox
As many Britons go hungry, burgeoning food banks are answering the need. But are they also giving the government an excuse for tolerating poverty?
Shock therapy
The British response to the pandemic edges the UK towards the economic philosophy of the continent— and at the very moment when we were supposed to be breaking away from it
BEYOND BORDERS
FINDING THE WORDS TO SAVE THE WORLD
We need to talk about the way we talk about climate
Deep waters
As the demonisation of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in 2020 has shown once again, a very British xenophobia can arise from “our island story”
ETERNAL VIGILANCE
Unconscionable neglect?
Humanity looks to the UN for one thing above all else: to prevent atrocities. But it failed to stop the massacre of the Rohingya in Myanmar, just as it failed in Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Rwanda. So is it fit for purpose?
What ever happened to the Arab Spring?
A decade ago, a fruit-seller in Tunisia set himself alight, and before long dictators were falling like dominoes. Only in the place where it all began has a new democracy endured—but so have many of the problems it was meant to fix
Critical thinking
Mr Nowhere goes to Washington
Barack Obama’s journey from Hawaii to the White House fulfilled the promise of an America he has always kept faith with
How the dead live
The pandemic may have increased the demand for cemeteries, but it has also re-established their rightful role as theatres of life, as well as mourning
The tidy mind and messy life of Jean van Heijenoort
How Trotsky’s sidekick and Kahlo’s lover became Frege’s decoder— before being murdered in Mexico City
Eyes on the prize
My task for 2020 was to help choose the year’s best novel written in English— while also preserving my sanity
Like a human thunderbolt
Sylvia Plath’s extraordinary poetic gifts have been overshadowed by her tragic death. A new biography sets that right, finds Freya Johnston
The secular Jesus
Bold attempts to reconfigure Christ as simply a great moral teacher don’t quite add up, argues Nick Spencer
The feel of how it is
A prophetic novelist gets to the heart of the postmodern condition,
Books in brief
Joe Biden: American Dreamer by Evan Osnos (Bloomsbury,
Recommends
© BBC/PHOTOGRAPH: PATTI PERRET/77TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL/PODCAST
Policy & Money
Policy report: Renewable energy
How to accelerate the green transition
Economics and investment
Paul Wallace The analyst Populating your portfolio Covid-19
And finally...
Tournament of the Mind by Barry R Clarke
This winter of discontent has long outstayed its
Not one jot
January is the month for structuring the future in fresh diaries—but 2020 has confirmed: “man plans, and God laughs”
Enigmas & Puzzles
The generalist by Didymus
Brief encounter
ILLUSTRATION BY NICK TAYLOR What is the first
Law report
HOW TO WRITE A JUDGMENT
Keep it short
WHAT’S IT WORTH TO YOU?
We need hard figures
WHISTLING IN THE WIND
Why do we not protect employees who come forward?
PLYING ONE’S TRADE THE
DEPARTMENTAL MEMO
A LEGISLATIVE HORROR SHOW
Abuse of delegated legislation makes a mockery of lawmaking
ALLY OF THE PEOPLE
For one former lord chief justice, who ruled on one of the most controversial cases of our time, the true problem lies not in the courts but with a lack of parliamentary scrutiny
THE OVERSEAS IMPUNITY BILL
Dangerous new legislation would betray victims of atrocities abroad
OUR WORD IS OUR BOND
The UK must uphold its international obligations
WHAT IF...
How a case might make it all the way up to the Supreme Court
CHARTING THE COURTS
How the law works, mapped
LONDON, RECHARGED
How to guarantee continued legal innovation
COMMON PEOPLE
When law is hardwired with humanity
JUDICIAL FALLIBILITY
When judges change their minds
THE FIRMEST OF FOUNDATIONS
English law is an instrument of exceptional commercial power—and will remain so. This is why
A PANEL OF PRECONCEPTIONS
The “review of judicial review” will enhance the government’s power and diminish yours
A NEW CHAPTER IN A LONG STORY
Today’s thriving legal services build on a legacy 800 years in the making
A VERDICT NEVER IN DOUBT
The United Kingdom is a legal powerhouse, its
THE RULE OF LAW: A LIVING CULTURE
Not a constitutional abstraction
Basket -
0 items
Your basket is currently empty.
Continue Shopping
Basket Total:
$
0.00
 Earning
0
Loyalty Points
Each Point is worth 1 penny or unit of currency and can be redeemed against future purchases here at Pocketmags.com
Got a discount code? Add it in the next step.
Checkout Securely
Continue Shopping
Or, read for just
99c
with
You can enjoy:
The issue in your basket
Instant access to 600+ titles
Thousands of back issues
30 days for just 99c
TRY PLUS+ FOR 99c
30 days access, then just $9.99 / month. Cancel anytime. New subscribers only.
Learn more