Reclaiming Parliament from the Judges

A growing conservative campaign (led by groups like the Judicial Power Project at Policy Exchange) seeks to roll back Blair‑era reforms — notably the Human Rights Act 1998 and the new UK Supreme Court — and restore contested social questions to parliamentary majorities rather than judicial determination. David Dyzenhaus’s book frames that campaign as not merely constitutional disagreement but as an attack on the rule‑of‑law norms that protect rights and judicial independence. — If successful, the campaign would reshape where democracies settle morally contested issues (courts versus legislatures), with wide effects on rights protection, minority safeguards, and democratic legitimacy.