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Informationen zum Autor Anthony Gregory is a Research Fellow for The Independent Institute. His articles have appeared in the Independent Review and the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and have been translated into multiple languages, reprinted in textbooks, and used in college courses on law and political science. Klappentext This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America! crediting the rocky history to its nature as a government power. The book addresses habeas' controversies! its role in the power struggle between the federal government and the states! and the proper scope of federal habeas from the Civil War to the War on Terror. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. A History of Power Struggles: 1. Common law, royal courts; 2. Parliament and the king; 3. Americanization; 4. Constitutional counterrevolution; 5. Fugitive slaves and liberty laws; 6. Suspension and civil war; 7. The writ reconstructed; 8. Lynch mob justice; 9. The writ in world war; 10. Federal activism and retreat; Part II. Executive Detention in Post-9/11 America: 11. Ad hoc detentions; 12. Bush's prerogative; 13. The dance of the court and the executive; 14. Obama's legal black hole; Part III. Custody and Liberty: 15. The great writ's paradox of power and liberty; 16. A remedy in search of a principle; 17. The modern detention state and the future of the writ.
