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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Habeas corpus as a common law writ -- Knowing habeas corpus when you see it -- Habeas corpus with and without the writ: some illustrative cases -- The benefits of a functional view: the past educating the present -- Habeas corpus as a legal remedy -- Captain Hodsdon's legal entanglements -- The habeas corpus strand of restraints on government -- The damages actions strands of restraints on government -- The criminal prosecution strands of restraints on government -- Interweaving actions -- The connecting strand: the jury -- The dual strand: legislative intervention -- Habeas corpus as an instrument of checks and balances -- Separation of powers: allocation of roles v. checks and balances -- Courts in the new nation: a tempestuous beginning -- John Marshall's sea mine: ex parte bollman and the precatory suspension -- Clause -- Courts weather the storm -- Boumediene defuses Bollman -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Eric M. Freedman "Making Habeas Work: A Legal History" explores habeas corpus, a judicial order that requires a person under arrest to be brought before an independent judge or into court. In his book, Freedman critically discusses habeas corpus as a common law writ, as a legal remedy and as an instrument of checks and balances. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Habeas corpus -- United States -- History.
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Habeas corpus. |
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United States. |
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Habeas corpus -- England -- History.
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History. |
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England. |
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freedman, Eric M. Making habeas work. New York : New York University Press, [2018] 9781479870974 (DLC) 2017044865 (OCoLC)1005805637 |
| ISBN |
9781479802470 (electronic book) |
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1479802476 (electronic book) |
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9781479870974 |
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1479870978 |
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