Writ of Habeas Corpus

Authors

Donald E. Wilkes Jr., University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Article appearing online in The New Georgia Encyclopedia

Abstract

Georgia has played an influential role in the development of the "Freedom Writ" of habeas corpus, and its original constitution was the first in history to make access to the writ a constitutional right.

Repository Citation

Donald E. Wilkes Jr., Writ of Habeas Corpus (2009),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/502