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Date of this Version

8-2024

Document Type

Presentation

Citation

Ethan Reiter, Legal Proxies and Advocates: Exploring Inter-Case Relationships in 19th- and 20th-Century Habeas; (Research Poster), Digital Legal Research Lab NSF REU Site, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, August 2024.

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Copyright 2024, Ethan Reiter. Used by permission

Abstract

  • The Petitioning for Freedom Project (PFF) is an open access database that details the use of habeas corpus in legal proceedings in the American West from 1812 to 1924.
  • A writ of habeas Corpus is a challenge by a petitioner that alleges that someone is detained unlawfully.
  • In certain instances. a petitioner is petitioning on behalf of someone who is held illegally. This study examines the nature of the relationships between petitioner and bound party and how those relationships reflect historical and legal developments over time.

Research poster titled Legal Proxies and Advocates: Exploring Inter-Case Relationships in 19th- and 20th-Century Habeas; presented via the Digital Legal Research Lab NSF REU Site, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, August 2024.

Advisors: Katrina Jagodinsky and William Thomas

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