Fifty years of justice : a history of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Denham, James M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida : The Historical Society of United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Inc., [2015]
Temas:
United States. > District Court (Florida : Middle District) > History.
United States. > District Court (Florida : Middle District)
Justice, Administration of > Florida > History.
District courts > Florida > History.
Tribunaux de district > Floride > Histoire.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > State.
District courts
Justice, Administration of
Florida
Federal courts
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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