Interviews by Alexandra Topping and Michael Savage
 Saturday December 30, 2006
 The Guardian 


 - Anthony Julius, lawyer and academic

 "Is the UK still governed by the rule of law?

 The maintenance of the rule of law can no longer be taken for granted.
 In the coming year it will have to be defended.  Law should be both stable
 and transparent, and limit the discretion of the decision-makers in the
 civil and criminal justice systems.  Our law is barely any of those things.

 The justice systems give so much discretion to decision-makers that the
 rest of us have become little more than their playthings.

 Things are bad; I fear they will become worse."


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 - Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty

 "Will human rights be pushed up the political agenda?

 The change of premiership is likely to cause greater reflection on the
 relationship between the rule of law and security. In particular debates
 about interning suspects for 90 days without charge and compromising on
 torture will create "line in the sand" moments for our democratic future.
 The Human Rights Act could yet be Blair's most positive legacy. First it
 must survive him."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1980188,00.html

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 "Perceptions" publish date 30 Dec. '06

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