The most fundamental legal right : habeas corpus in the Commonwealth /

This work provides treatment of a fundamental means of securing liberty. Habeus Corpus is an ancient legal method still in use by which the courts can require the government and anyone else to justify why any person does not have unconditional freedom.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, David J., 1950-
Other Authors: McCoy, Gerard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This work provides treatment of a fundamental means of securing liberty. Habeus Corpus is an ancient legal method still in use by which the courts can require the government and anyone else to justify why any person does not have unconditional freedom.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xci, 316 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.
ISBN:9780191715280
019171528X