A Constitutional History of Habeas Corpus
- ISBN-10
- 0313222649
- ISBN-13
- 9780313222641
- Category
- Law / General
- Pages
- 349
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press
- Author
- William F. Duker
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