Habeas corpus : from England to empire /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Halliday, Paul D. (Paul Delaney), 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Habeas-corpus-Akte.
Habeas corpus > Great Britain > History.
Extraordinary remedies > Great Britain > History.
Habeas corpus > Great Britain > Sources.
Habeas corpus > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Recours extraordinaires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Habeas corpus > Grande-Bretagne > Sources.
HISTORY / Modern / General
Extraordinary remedies.
Habeas corpus.
Gefangener.
Strafrechtspflege.
Great Britain.
Groḃritannien.
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The jailer jailed : 1605 and beyond
  • Writing habeas corpus
  • Writ of the prerogative
  • Making judgments
  • Making jurisdiction
  • Making liberties, making subjects
  • Legislators as judges
  • Writ imperial
  • The palladium of liberty in law's empire.

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