Habeas Corpus in America : The Politics of Individual Rights / Justin J. West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Justin J., author.

Series:

Constitutional thinking.

Constitutional Thinking Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habeas corpus--United States--History.

Habeas corpus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2011]

Summary:

The first study of habeas corpus in an American political context. Reexamines this essential individual right and shows that habeas corpus is not necessarily the check that we've assumed--it's as much a tool of politics as it is of the law.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

1. Habeas Corpus and History

2. Antebellum Habeas

3. The Reconstruction of Habeas Corpus

4. From the Extraordinary to the Ordinary: 1915-1969

5. Innocence and Guilt: Habeas from Burger to Rehnquist

Conclusion: The Not-So-Great Writ of Liberty

Notes

References

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700638352

0700638350

OCLC:

1453720509