The Law of Habeas Corpus

by Robert J. Sharpe, Simon Atrill, Judith Farbey

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199248249
• ISBN13: 9780199248247
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 350 Pages