Table of Contents

1: Introduction : An Exegesis : Habeas Corpus
2: Myth and Reality : Habeas Corpus
3: Martial Law and Habeas Corpus
4: Emergencies and Habeas Corpus
5: Duration of Detention and Habeas Corpus
6: Geography, Jurisdiction and Habeas Corpus
7: Non-Custodial Restraint and Habeas Corpus
8: Bill of Rights, Constitutions and Habeas Corpus
9: Contempt of the Legislature and Habeas Corpus
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

David Clark is Associate Professor at the School of Law, Flinders University, Australia

Gerard McCoy QC affiliated to the Law Faculty, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Reviews

`a well-written, and thoroughly researched, comparative account of the great writ. a valuable study of many difficult doctrinal conundrums Clark and McCoy take a hard-nosed and pragmatic approach, firmly rooted in the prevailing reality of the operative legal and political culture. Clark and McCoy provide a thorough and lawyerly account of one of the common law's most important contributions to the protection of human freedom. From this perspective
the book represents an invaluable resource, providing a thorough and thoughtful guide to the uses and limits of habeas corpus. The book makes a significant contribution to comparative constitutional law'
Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, Winter 2001
`This collect ion nine studies in the law of personal liberty is ...a work of high quality....The authors have assembled an extremely impressive range of material.'
Irish Jurist 35 (2000)