‘This in no wise omit’
Tom Bingham: Habeas Corpus, 7 October 2010
Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire
by Paul Halliday.
Harvard, 502 pp., £29.95, March 2010,978 0 674 04901 7 Show More
by Paul Halliday.
Harvard, 502 pp., £29.95, March 2010,
“... on the years 1500-1800, is to remind us of what could be seen as the glory days of habeas corpus. John Anderson was a slave in Missouri. Separated from his wife and family, whom he wished to visit, he came into conflict with his master and owner, who decided to resolve the problem by selling Anderson to another owner. In 1853, Anderson escaped and made for ... ”