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Habeas corpus : rethinking the great writ of liberty /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freedman, Eric M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Habeas corpus > United States.
Federal government > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of the suspension clause
  • The opinion in ex parte Bollman
  • Bollman's errors, I
  • Bollman's errors, II
  • Some suggestive court decisions
  • The legal proceedings in Frank: the first round
  • The legal proceedings in Frank: federal habeas corpus
  • From Frank to Moore
  • The legal proceedings in Moore: the state criminal proceedings
  • The legal proceedings in Moore: the state collateral proceedings
  • The legal proceedings in Moore: the federal habeas corpus proceedings
  • Frank v. Moore: the legal and historical explanations
  • Backdrop to the construction of a piltdown man
  • The drafting of Brown: the core
  • The drafting of Brown: the periphery
  • The Brown opinions
  • The pre-Bator context of Brown
  • Understanding Brown
  • Epilogue: habeas corpus as a protector of individual liberty in a federal system.