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Language: en
Pages: 465
Authors: Amanda L. Tyler
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book is the most comprehensive account of the role of habeas corpus in wartime ever written. It draws on a wealth of untapped resources to shed light on th
The Power of Habeas Corpus in America
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Anthony Gregory
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America, crediting the rocky history to the writ's very nature as a government power.
The Body of John Merryman
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Brian McGinty
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-05 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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When Chief Justice Taney declared Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional and demanded the release of John Merryman, Lincoln defied the order,
All the Laws but One
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: William H. Rehnquist
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-18 - Publisher: Vintage

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William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil liberties during wartime and il
Habeas Corpus
Language: en
Pages: 513
Authors: Paul D. Halliday
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-02 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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We call habeas corpus the Great Writ of Liberty. But it was actually a writ of power. In a work based on an unprecedented study of thousands of cases across mor