Habeas corpus : from England to empire
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0674049012
ISBN 13
9780674049017
DDC
345.42
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
2010
Pages
ix, 502 pages
Subject
UK Crime and Punishment
Abstract
"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." - Voila
Description
Contents:
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.
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.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
