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The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror

Anthony Gregory

This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America, crediting the rocky history to the writ's very nature as a government power. The book weighs in on habeas's historical controversies - addressing the writ's role in the power struggle between the federal government and the states, and the proper scope of federal habeas for state prisoners and for wartime detainees from the Civil War and World War II to the War on Terror.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · medium confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentGoogle Books: Law -> True Crime & JusticeKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryAmerican Civil WarWorld War IIWar & Military StrategyRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for Law and Legal Studies2013WinnerOfficial source
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