The Body and the State: Habeas Corpus and American Jurisprudence

Contents

Chronology of Habeas Corpus ix Introduction: Understanding Habeas Corpus 1 1 Habeas Corpus in the New American State, 1789–1915 21 2 Bodily Inventions: The Habeas Petitioner and the Corporation, 1886 45 3 Habeas Corpus as Counternarrative: The Rise of Due Process, 1923–1953 63 4 Confessions and the Narratives of Justice, 1963–1979 95 5 Future Dangerousness and Habeas Corpus, 1982–2002 125 6 Habeas Corpus and the Narratives of Terrorism, 1996–2002 157 7 Conclusion 185 Notes 191 Index 235 vii Contents ...