http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
Habeas corpus is everyone's 'get out of jail free' card. It is the legal remedy ensuring a person's release from prison or any other form of custody when the detention cannot be justified in law. This volume provides in-depth and critical analysis of the law behind this vital protection of liberty.
Historical aspects of Habeas corpus -- Scope of review -- Consideration of questions of fact -- Habeas corpus, fundamental rights, and the executive -- Habeas corpus in immigration law -- Habeas corpus in criminal law -- Review of detention in cases of mental disorder -- Problems of restraint and time -- Territorial ambit of Habeas corpus -- Appeals, successive applications and rearrest -- Aspects of practice.
Judith Farbey and R.J. Sharpe ; with Simon Atrill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011