How does our the constitution work to controls those with power over citizens and make sure governments act properly? Alma-Constance and Lucinda  talk to leading human rights barrister, Adam Wagner of Doughty Street Chambers who he has written a new book called ‘Emergency State’ which looks at the way that lockdown laws during the pandemic were made and the bigger picture of why the way laws are made and enforced is such an important topic to understand.

He tells us

·      Why countries have a constitution and how it controls the government from having too much power

·      The type of constitution we have in the United Kingdom and whether it would be better to have a written one

·      Why the law making process was different during the pandemic and the problems that caused

·      How people can challenge decisions made by government and whether legal challenges are an effective way to help people

Adam tells Alma-Constance that when he was 10 years old, he wanted to be an astronaut, and why he became a human rights lawyer and his daughter tells us what she thinks of having a daddy as a lawyer who appears on the television and radio!

Written, edited and produced by Lucinda Acland.

References and Resources

@adamwagner1

Emergency State

UK Human Rights Blog,

Adam set up and hosts the Better Human Podcast.

 EachOther http://www.eachother.org.uk

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