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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Congress.gov - Constitution Annotated - Suspension Clause and Writ of Habeas Corpus. | Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brennan Center for Justice - Habeas Corpus, Explained. | Jan 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Pace - Habeas Corpus in Times of Emergency: A Historical and Comparative View (PDF). | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Law School - The War and the Writ: Habeas corpus and security in an age of terrorism. | Sep 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of Georgia School of Law - The Writ of Habeas Corpus (PDF). | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Congress.gov - Constitution Annotated - Suspension Clause and Writ of Habeas Corpus. | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Article retitled and revised. | May 21, 2025 | ||
| Article revised. | May 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Law School - Chicago Unbound - Habeas Corpus, Civil Rights, and the Federal System (PDF). | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - A History of Ideas - Historian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository - Habeas Corpus: Its History and Its Future (PDF). | Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - TRACE - Habeas Corpus: Its Importance, History, and Possible Current Threats. | Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: SMU Scholar - The Historical Development of Haberas Corpus. | Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa Pressbooks - Habeas Corpus (Sections 2241-2255). | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Article revised to mention the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Boumediene v. Bush (2008). | Aug 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Habeas Corpus. | Apr 30, 2019 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 25, 2017 | ||
| Changed case cited in final paragraph from Boumedienne v. Bush to Rasul v. Bush. | Mar 21, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cornell University Law School - Legal Information Institute - Habeas corpus. | Jul 15, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 10, 2011 | ||
| New media added. | Feb 06, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - Why Is Habeas Corpus Important? | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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