The power of habeas corpus in America : from the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror / Anthony Gregory, the Independent Institute, Oakland, CA ; foreword by Kevin R.C. Gutzman.
Despite its mystique as the greatest Anglo-American legal protection, habeas corpus' history features power plays, political hypocrisy, ad hoc jurisprudence, and failures in securing individual liberty. This book tells the story of the writ from medieval England to modern America, crediting the...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567640 |
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