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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District) -- History.
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United States. District Court (Florida : Middle District) |
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History. |
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Justice, Administration of -- Florida -- History.
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Justice, Administration of. |
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Florida. |
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District courts -- Florida -- History.
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District courts. |
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Federal courts |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Denham, James M. Fifty years of justice 9780813060491 (DLC) 2014043924 (OCoLC)889164841 |
| ISBN |
9780813055213 (electronic book) |
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0813055210 (electronic book) |
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9780813060491 |
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0813060494 |
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