Parliament codified the writ’s protections in The Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. A century later, Sir William Blackstone could describe habeas corpus as “the great and efficacious writ.” ...

His imprisonment, it has been popular to consider the immediate occasion of the celebrated Habeas Corpus act, the great key of civil liberty, as an elegant writer denominates it, "which forces the ...

None of this is lost on Anthony Gregory, a researcher at the libertarian Independent Institute whose recent book, The Power of Habeas Corpus in America, is a sophisticated biography of that most ...

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In 1804, a South Carolina court held that a defendant who was out on bail could not use the state habeas corpus act to obtain discharge from an indictment. State v. Buyck (1804). The court noted ...

A habeas corpus hearing allows a person whose liberty is restricted to request a court review of the legality of their detention or arrest, according to the Habeas Corpus Act. A judge can be ...

Historian John Davies on the 1536 'Act of Union' between England and Wales. The 1530s was a crucial decade in the history of the territories of the English crown. Henry VIII and his advisor Thomas ...

Bhopal/Jabalpur: A division bench of the MP High Court issued notices to the state govt and other respondents in a habeas corpus petition filed by a girl seeking the release of her father on bail.

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Bhopal/Jabalpur: A division bench of the MP High Court issued notices to the state govt and other respondents in a habeas corpus petition filed by a girl seeking the release of her father on bail.