Editing Habeas corpus (section)

===Poland===
In 1430, [[Władysław II Jagiełło|King Władysław II Jagiełło]] of Poland granted the Privilege of [[Jedlnia]], which proclaimed, ''[[Neminem captivabimus]] nisi iure victum'' ("We will not imprison anyone except if convicted by law"). This revolutionary innovation in [[civil libertarianism]] gave some Polish citizens due process–style rights. Originally, the Privilege of Jedlnia was restricted to the nobility, the [[szlachta]]. It was extended to cover townsmen in the [[Constitution of 3rd May|1791 Constitution]]. Importantly, social classifications in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] were not as rigid as in other European countries: townspeople and Jews were sometimes ennobled. The Privilege of Jedlnia provided broader coverage than many subsequently enacted habeas corpus laws, because Poland's nobility constituted an unusually large percentage of the country's total population, which was Europe's largest. As a result, by the 16th century, it was protecting the liberty of between five hundred thousand and a million Poles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indylaw.indiana.edu/instructors/cole/web%20page/polconst.pdf |title=Poland's 1997 Constitution in Its Historical Context |first=Daniel H. |last=Cole |publisher=Indiana University School of Law |date=22 September 1998}}</ref>