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.
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow industrial action could make the UK more democraticOPINION: The RMT, postal workers and nurses are preparing to strike. It's good news for anyone interested in social mobility
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy the law alone won’t save us – or the planetPower has been snatched from ordinary people by an ever-growing tangle of rules. We need to reclaim it
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Published in: digitaLiberties: OpinionSuspicious algorithms: time to tame crime-predicting police technologyGarbage in, miscarriage of justice out – especially if you’re poor or Black
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionMuted and invisible: Why justice online is justice deniedVirtual hearings are inherently unfair, yet the government wants them to be the new normal post-pandemic
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat the Anti-Nazi-League and Rock against Racism teach us about how to defeat the fascistsThe challenge is on the streets, at the ballot box, and through popular culture, as a new history makes clear.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Whose Games? Whose city?' - why I'm marching with the Counter Olympics NetworkDavid Renton, steward at Saturday's Counter Olympics Network demonstration, explains the problems he has with the...