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Article: Habeas Corpus: Rethinking the Great Writ of Liberty.(Book Review)
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- June 22, 2004
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Habeas Corpus: Rethinking the Great Writ of Liberty. By Eric M. Freedman. (New York: New York University Press, 2001. Pp. x, 241. $18.00.)
This book takes as its subject the checkered history of federal habeas corpus review. In a post 9/11 world, the issue of habeas review, considered by some to be the greatest of all civil liberties, is more relevant than ever, and in Habeas Corpus, Eric M. Freedman argues that the "Great Writ"--in particular the authority of federal courts to review the petitions of state prisoners--has been unjustly limited.
Basing his argument on a rereading of habeas court rulings over time, Freedman divides the book into three ...