The 1679 codification of "habeas corpus" took place in the context of a sharp confrontation between King Charles II and the Parliament, which was dominated by the then sharply oppositional, nascent Whig Party. The Whig leaders had good reasons to fear the King moving against them through the courts (as indeed happened in 1681) and regarded "habeas corpus" as safeguarding their own persons. The short-lived Parliament which made this enactment came to be known as the "Habeas Corpus Parliament" – being dissolved by the King immediately afterwards.