Habeas Corpus Act of the Restoration - Milestone Documents

Habeas Corpus Act of the Restoration

( 1679 )

Further Reading

Articles

  • Crawford, Clarence C. “The Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act and the Revolution of 1689.” English Historical Review 30, no. 120 (October 1915): 613–630.
  • Davies, Godfrey, and Klotz, Edith L. “The Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 in the House of Lords.” Huntington Library Quarterly 3, no. 4 (July 1940): 469–470.
  • Nutting, Helen A. “The Most Wholesome Law—The Habeas Corpus Act of 1679.” American Historical Review 65, no. 3 (April 1960): 527–543.

Books

  • Antieau, Chester J. The Practice of Extraordinary Remedies: Habeas Corpus and the Other Common Law Writs, vol. 1. London: Oceana Publications, 1987.
  • Care, Henry. English Liberties; or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. London: G. Larkin, 1680.
  • Sharpe, Robert J. The Law of Habeas Corpus. Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press, 1989.

Web Sites

  • “Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2: Opinion on the Writ of Habeas Corpus.” The Founders' Constitution, University of Chicago Press Web site. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_9_2s3.html.
  • “Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2: William Blackstone, Commentaries.” The Founders' Constitution, University of Chicago Press Web site. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_9_2s4.html.
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