The power of habeas corpus in America : from the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror /

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This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregory, Anthony, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Habeas corpus > United States > History.
Habeas corpus > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Habeas corpus.
Haftprüfung
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The power of the writ
  • Common law, royal courts
  • Parliament and the king
  • The Americanization of habeas
  • Constitutional counterrevolution
  • Fugitive slaves and liberty laws
  • Suspension and civil war
  • The writ reconstructed
  • Lynch mob justice
  • The writ in world war
  • Federal activism and retreat
  • Mass roundups and ad hoc secret detentions
  • Enemy aliens and Bush's prerogative
  • The dance of the court and the executive
  • Obama's legal black hole
  • The great writ's paradox of power and liberty
  • A remedy in search of a principle
  • The modern detention state and the future of the writ.

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