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Can Arendt’s conception of ‘public’ be used to analyse ‘the public interest’ in inquest decisions?

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by Dr Edward Kirton-Darling, University of Bristol Law School

Hannah Arendt by Attila Diénes (2016 bronze bust) inscription on the base in English and Hungarian ‘The flaming light of the Hungarian Revolution (…) is the only authentic light we have.’

Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s discussion of a public realm and her distinction between the political and the social, this blog examines the ways in which conceptions of public interest can be used to analyse decisions in the inquest context. (more…)