A reconsideration of the writ of habeas corpus casts new light on a range of current issues
Habeas corpus, the storied Great Writ of Liberty, is a judicial order that requires government officials to produce a prisoner in court, persuade an independent judge of the correctness of their claimed factual and legal justifications for the individual's imprisonment, or else release the captive. Frequently the officials resist being called to account. Much of the history of the rule of law, including the history being made today, has emerged from the resulting clashes.
This book, heavily based on primary sources from the colonial and early national periods and significant original research in the New Hampshire State Archives, enriches our understanding of the past and draws lessons for the present.
Using dozens of previously unknown examples, Professor Freedman shows how the writ of habeas corpus has been just one part of an intricate machinery for securing freedom under law, and explores the lessons this history holds for some of today's most pressing problems including terrorism, the Guantanamo Bay detentions, immigration, Brexit, and domestic violence.
Exploring landmark cases of the past - like that of John Peter Zenger - from new angles and expanding the definition of habeas corpus from a formal one to a functional one, Making Habeas Work brings to light the stories of many people previously overlooked (like the free black woman Zipporah, defendant in "the case of the headless baby") because their cases did not bear the label "habeas corpus."
The resulting insights lead to forward-thinking recommendations for strengthening the rule of law to insure that it endures into the future. 对人身保护令的重新考虑使我们对目前的一系列问题有了新的认识——人身保护令,传说中的伟大的自由令状,是一项司法命令,要求政府官员在法庭上交出一名囚犯,说服一名独立法官相信他们声称的个人监禁的事实和法律理由是正确的,否则就释放被囚禁者。官员们经常拒绝被问责。法治的大部分历史,包括今天正在创造的历史,都是从随之而来的冲突中产生的。这本书大量基于殖民时期和早期国家时期的原始资料,以及新罕布什尔州立档案馆中重要的原始研究,丰富了我们对过去的理解,并为现在提供了教训。弗里德曼教授用几十个以前不为人知的例子,说明了人身保护令是如何,成为依法保障自由的复杂机器的一部分,并探讨了这段历史对当今最紧迫问题的教训,包括恐怖主义,关塔那摩湾拘留,移民,英国脱欧,以及家庭暴力。从新的角度探索过去具有里程碑意义的案件,例如曾格案件案件,并将人身保护令的定义从正式的定义扩大到功能性的定义,使人身保护令工作揭示了许多过去被忽视的人的故事(例如”无头婴儿案件”中的被告自由黑人妇女 zipporah) ,因为他们的案件没有被冠以”人身保护令”的标签。“由此产生的见解引出了加强法治的前瞻性建议,以确保法治能持续到未来。 基本信息 出版社 : NYU Press (2018年6月12日) 语言 : 英语 精装 : 208页 ISBN-10 : 1479870978 ISBN-13 : 978-1479870974 商品重量 : 454 g 尺寸 : 15.75 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
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