The New Despotism
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 Title page for The New Despotism (1929) | |
| Author | Lord Hewart of Bury |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Law and Politics |
| Publisher | Ernest Benn Limited |
Publication date | 1929 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | vii+308 |
The New Despotism is a book written by the Lord Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England, and published in 1929 by Ernest Benn Limited. Hewart described this "new despotism" as "to subordinate Parliament, to evade the Courts, and to render the will, or the caprice, of the Executive unfettered and supreme".[1] The evasion of the Courts referred to increasing quasi-judicial decision-making by the civil service and the subordination of Parliament which resulted from the growth of delegated legislation.