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Modern History Sourcebook: Habeas Corpus Act, 1679

Responding to abusive detention of persons without legal authority, public pressure on the English Parliament caused them to adopt this act, which established a critical right that was later written into the Constitution for the United States. An act for the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonments beyond the […]

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HABEAS CORPUS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY WRIT

HABEAS CORPUSTHE MOST EXTRAORDINARY WRIT Habeas Corpus is an ancient common law prerogative writ – a legal procedure to which you have an undeniable right. It is an extraordinary remedy at law. Upon proper application, or even on naked knowledge alone, a court is empowered, and is duty bound, to issue the Extraordinary Writ of […]

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