| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
No man is above the law -- Arcadia -- War -- School and a changing profession -- Holland, Bevis, McRae & Smith -- A life gone public -- A big platform -- Growth and transition -- Conscience of the profession -- The multiplier effect -- Appendix 1: a celebration of the life of Chesterfield Smith -- Appendix 2: the Holland and Knight commitment. |
| Summary |
"This biography follows the life of Chesterfield Smith, a defining Florida figure who led the Florida Bar, masterminded the drafting of a new state constitution, and spearheaded the American Bar Association's condemnation of Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate scandal"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Smith, Chesterfield H., 1917-2003.
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Smith, Chesterfield H., 1917-2003. |
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
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Lawyers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Lawyers -- Florida -- Biography.
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Florida. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adkins, Mary E.. Chesterfield Smith, America's lawyer Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020] 9780813066660 (DLC) 2020032187 |
| ISBN |
9780813057651 electronic book |
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0813057655 electronic book |
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9780813066660 hardcover |
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