Habeas corpus, Latin for “you have the body,” is an old English common law principle incorporated into the US Constitution to ensure freedom from unlawful detention by the state. It was and continues to be a critical check against the imprisonment of individuals without oversight by independent courts.
拉丁文中的“人身保护”是英国习惯法的一个古老原则。美国宪法吸纳了这一原则来确保人身自由不受国家的非法压制。它曾经是对在没有独立法院监督下拘禁人身的一个重要制衡，而且也将继续如此。在津巴布韦，这一权利如同其他许多制衡机制一样已经被专制国家所撕毁。