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Fifty years of justice: a history of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of FloridaEntry/Object ID
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Fifty years of justice: a history of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida by James M. Denham.
This book looks at the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida, which represents about 1/2 of Florida's population and is one of the busiest courts in the state, interpreting and applying Supreme Court decisions in cases such as the Terry Schaivo "right to die" case.
Contents: From the Southern to the U.S. Middle District of Florida, 1950s-1962 -- The U.S. Middle District of Florida, first years, 1962-1968 --
The Middle District and civil rights, 1962-1968 -- Adjudicating equality continues: the Middle District and school desegregation, 1968-1976 --
The Middle District and the war on crime, 1968-1976 -- Growing pains, constitutional questions, and bankruptcy, 1976-1980 --
A new era begins: the Reagan years, 1980-1988 -- Drugs, drugs, and more drugs, 1980-1988 -- Mad dogs, spies, and international weapons dealers --
Income tax evasion, the death penalty, the environment, the aids epidemic, desegregation, and voting and employment discrimination, 1980-1988 --
New judges, new challenges, 1988-1992 -- The court expands and confronts antigovernment activity, 1992-2000 -- Bankruptcy in the Middle District, 1984-2000 -- First amendment, abortion rights, employment discrimination, and school desegregation litigation runs its course, 1992-2000 --
Drugs, outlaws, fraud, pollution, endangered species, and a baby named Sabrina -- "It's a tidal wave . . . and I'm not kidding about it!" --
Into the new century, 2000-2004 -- Contesting sentencing guidelines, the Patriot Act, terrorism, and cases involving international questions --
Constitutional questions of the twenty-first-century court -- Income tax evasion, Medicare fraud, organized crime, environmental disputes, and bankruptcy -- Closing arguments and taking stock: fifty years of justice.Collection
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Justice, Administration of -- Florida -- History., District courts -- Florida -- History., District courts., Justice, Administration of., United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District) -- History.Publication Details
Author
Denham, James M.Publisher
University Press of FloridaPlace Published
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Gainesville, FloridaCall No.
KF 8755 .F56 D46 2015ISBN
9780813060491LCCN
2014043924