David Renton

David Renton is a barrister and author. His latest book, 'Against the Law: Why Justice Requires Fewer Laws and a Smaller State', is published by Repeater Books.

How industrial action could make the UK more democratic

OPINION: The RMT, postal workers and nurses are preparing to strike. It's good news for anyone interested in social mobility

By David Renton

/ 12 Dec 2022

How industrial action could make the UK more democratic

Why the law alone won’t save us – or the planet

Power has been snatched from ordinary people by an ever-growing tangle of rules. We need to reclaim it

By David Renton

/ 22 Jul 2022

A head wearing a barrister's wig faces away from the camera, towards a collage of protest signs and raised fists

Suspicious algorithms: time to tame crime-predicting police technology

Garbage in, miscarriage of justice out – especially if you’re poor or Black

By David Renton

/ 18 Apr 2022

Suspicious algorithms: time to tame crime-predicting police technology

Muted and invisible: Why justice online is justice denied

Virtual hearings are inherently unfair, yet the government wants them to be the new normal post-pandemic

By David Renton

/ 7 Apr 2021

Muted and invisible: Why justice online is justice denied

What the Anti-Nazi-League and Rock against Racism teach us about how to defeat the fascists

The challenge is on the streets, at the ballot box, and through popular culture, as a new history makes clear.

By David Renton

/ 9 Dec 2018

'Whose Games? Whose city?' - why I'm marching with the Counter Olympics Network

David Renton, steward at Saturday's Counter Olympics Network demonstration, explains the problems he has with the way the London 2012 organisers have constructed this year's Games - from the forced seizure of land, to the morality of the sponsors.

By David Renton

/ 26 Jul 2012