Introduction -- Sir Edward Coke -- Sir Matthew Hale -- Magna Carta and habeas corpus -- Cesare Beccaria -- Thomas Jefferson -- Jeremy Bentham -- Thomas Erskine -- Sir Samuel Romilly -- Sir William Garrow -- Criminal law commissioners -- Terrorism and civil liberties -- Summing up -- Afterword
Summary
An account of the lawyers who helped - over centuries - to develop and protect civil liberties, human rights and the Rule of Law. Also discusses breaches of the Rule of Law in modern cases and in response to terrorism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index