Habeas corpus
Subtitle: from England to empire
By: Paul D. Halliday.
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674049017
Subjects: Habeas corpus -- Great Britain -- History; Extraordinary remedies -- Great Britain -- History; Habeas corpus -- Great Britain -- Sources
Genres: Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The jailer jailed : 1605 and beyond; title: Writing habeas corpus; title: Writ of the prerogative; title: Making judgments; title: Making jurisdiction; title: Making liberties, making subjects; title: Legislators as judges; title: Writ imperial; title: The palladium of liberty in law's empire.