A Conversation about Authority with Susannah Black
July 10, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Susannah Black (Plough, Breaking Ground) joins me for a discussion about authority, based around chapter 8 of Oliver O'Donovan's 'The Ways of Judgment'. This is a teaser for a longer term series of conversations we will be having around the book. If you are interested in following along, I highly recommend that you purchase a copy of the book here: https://amzn.to/2ZeXFXW.
Sir Robert Peel's Principles of Law Enforcement (1829), which we discuss in the video, can be read here: https://www.durham.police.uk/About-Us/Documents/Peels_Principles_Of_Law_Enforcement.pdf.
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