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
Print Book, English, 2010
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2010
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ix, 502 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780674049017, 9780674064201, 0674049012, 0674064208
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Introduction : Hearing the sighs of prisoners
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
Appendix : A survey of habeas corpus use, 1500-1800