This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America.
Despite its mystique as the greatest Anglo-American legal protection, habeas corpus's history features opportunistic power plays, political hypocrisy, ad hoc jurisprudence, and many failures in effectively securing individual liberty. The Power of Habeas Corpus in America tells …
"Despite its mystique as the greatest Anglo-American legal protection, habeas corpus provides a history featuring opportunistic power plays, political hypocrisy, ad hoc jurisprudence, and many failures in effectively securing individual liberty. The Power of Habeas Corpus in Ame…
This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America.
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.
We call habeas corpus the 'Great Writ of Liberty' but it was actually a writ of power. In a work based on an unprecedented study of thousands of cases across more than 500 years, Paul Halliday provides a sweeping revisionist account of the world's most revered legal device.
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.
