1. Introduction
NW Barber, Richard Ekins and Paul Yowell
2. The Limits of Law
Lord Sumption
3. Sumption’s Assumptions
Martin Loughlin
4. Living Trees or Deadwood: The Interpretive Challenge of the European Convention on Human Rights
Sandra Fredman
5. Judges, Interpretation and Self-Government
Lord Hoffmann
6. Judicial Law-Making and the ‘Living’ Instrumentalisation of the ECHR
John Finnis
7. The Role of Courts in the Joint Enterprise of Governing
Aileen Kavanagh
8. Three Wrong Turns in Lord Sumption’s Conception of Law and Democracy
Jeff King
9. The Human Rights Act and ‘Coordinate Construction’: Towards a ‘ Parliament Square ’ Axis for Human Rights?
Carol Harlow
10. Limits of Law: Reflections from Private and Public Law
Paul Craig
11. The Limits of Lord Sumption: Limited Legal Constitutionalism and the Political Form of the ECHR
Richard Bellamy
12. A Response
Lord Sumption