Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire

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A revisionist history of habeas corpus the world's most revered legal device. Habeas corpus was not established to protect the rights of the individual but rather to protect the individual from abusive judges and jailers.

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  Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire

  • 2012-04-02
  • 502 pages
  • Paperback
  • Harvard University Press
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  Habeas Corpus: a Very Short Introduction

  • 2021
  • 184 pages
  • Paperback
  • Oxford University Press
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  Habeas Corpus: A Very Short Introduction

  • 2020-12-01
  • 160 pages
  • Ebook
  • Oxford University Press
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  Habeas Corpus: Rethinking the Great Writ of Liberty

  • 2003-05-01
  • 243 pages
  • Paperback
  • NYU Press

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