The legal right to contest one’s detention as unlawful
- UK: Magna Carta (1215)
- US: US Constitution Article One, Section 9, Clause 2
habeas corpus
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Sixth Amendment
SCOTUS held that foreign natinoals in Guantanamo Bay could petition federal courts for habeas corpus to review legality of their detention
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Rights in the UK
infringement of habeas corpus
- Magna Carta (1215)
- 3.1.1.1 The nature and sources of the British Constitution