Habeas corpus : from England to empire / Paul D. Halliday.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.

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72053

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Habeas corpus -- Great Britain -- History.

Extraordinary remedies -- Great Britain -- History.

Habeas corpus -- Great Britain -- Sources.

Contents:

I. Making habeas corpus

1. The jailer jailed : 1605 and beyond

2. Writing habeas corpus

3. Writ of the prerogative

II. Using habeas corpus

4. Making judgments

5. Making jurisdiction

6. Making liberties, making subjects

III. Habeas corpus, bound and unbound

7. Legislators as judges

8. Writ imperial

9. The palladium of liberty in law's empire.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780674049017

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ix, 502 p. : ill. ; 24 cm