Champions of the rule of law - Hostettler, John (Waterside Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index
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
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