Habeas Corpus

From England to Empire

Paul D. Halliday

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$24.50 • £19.95 • €22.00

ISBN 9780674064201

Publication Date: 04/02/2012

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512 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

Belknap Press

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Acknowledgments
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 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
Appendix: A Survey of Habeas Corpus Use, 1500–1800
Notes
Manuscript Sources
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index

Awards & Accolades

2011 Inner Temple Book Prize, Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

Honorable Mention, 2011 John Philip Reid Book Award, American Society for Legal History

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