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Habeas corpus : From England to Empire

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Publication details: London Harvard University Press 2010Description: 502p ixISBN:
  • 9780674049017
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.056 HAL HAL
Contents:
Contents Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; Introduction: Hearing the Sighs of Prisoners; I.MAKING HABEAS CORPUS; 1. The Jailer Jailed: 1605 and Beyond; 2. Writing Habeas Corpus; 3. Writ of the Prerogative; II. USING HAVEAS CORPUS; 4. Making Judgments; 5. Making Jurisdiction; 6. Making Liberties Subjects; III. HABEAS CORUPUS, BOUND AND UNBOUND; 7. Legislators as Judges; 8.Writ Imperial; 9. The Palladium of Liberty in Law’s Empire; Appendix: A Survey of Habeas Corpus Use, 1500-1800; Notes; Manuscript Sources; Table of Cases; Table of Statues; Index
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Contents
Acknowledgements;
A Note on the Text;
Introduction: Hearing the Sighs of Prisoners;
I.MAKING HABEAS CORPUS;
1. The Jailer Jailed: 1605 and Beyond;
2. Writing Habeas Corpus;
3. Writ of the Prerogative;
II. USING HAVEAS CORPUS;
4. Making Judgments;
5. Making Jurisdiction;
6. Making Liberties Subjects;
III. HABEAS CORUPUS, BOUND AND UNBOUND;
7. Legislators as Judges;
8.Writ Imperial;
9. The Palladium of Liberty in Law’s Empire;
Appendix: A Survey of Habeas Corpus Use, 1500-1800;
Notes;
Manuscript Sources;
Table of Cases;
Table of Statues;
Index