Habeas Corpus in America: The Politics of Individual Rights
(Part of the Constitutional Thinking Series)
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For most Americans, habeas corpus is the cornerstone of our legal system: the principal constitutional check on arbitrary government power, allowing an arrested person to challenge the legality of his detention. In a study that could not be more timely, Justin Wert reexamines this essential individual right and shows that habeas corpus is not necessarily the check that we've assumed. Habeas corpus, it emerges, is as much a tool of politics as it...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0700617639
ISBN13:9780700617630
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:302 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"
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