EPISODE · Mar 29, 2010 · 23 MIN

The Great Writ

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010 · host BBC World Service

The writ of Habeas Corpus prevents an individual from unlawful detention. Historically it safeguards individuals from arbitrary state imprisonment. Frances Fyfield explores this tremendously important principle we often take for granted.

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