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

• Autore: Denham James M.
• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (517 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.73/22097592
• Soggetto topico: Justice, Administration of - Florida - History; District courts - Florida - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Federal courts
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fifty years of justice
• ISBN: 0-8130-5063-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788142603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II