TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farbey,Judith
AU  - Sharpe,Robert J.
AU  - Atrill,Simon
TI  - The law of Habeas corpus
SN  - 9780199248247 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - KD7612 .S45 2011
U1  - 345.42056 21
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford [England], New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Habeas corpus
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -