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Fifty Years of Justice
James M. Denham
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Description for Fifty Years of Justice
Paperback. 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. Series: A Florida Quincentennial Book. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; 3JM; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Representing half of the state’s population, the U.S. Middle District Court is one of the busiest federal courts in Florida. It is recognized most often as the battleground for the Terri Schiavo “right to die” case, but it has been at the center of major decisions for more than fifty years. The famous and the infamous have stood before the judges of the Middle District courts, including young civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall, mobster Santo Trafficante, drug lord Carlos Lehder, baseball star Denny McLain, movie star Wesley Snipes, criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, and Constance Baker Motley, the first ... Read more
Representing half of the state’s population, the U.S. Middle District Court is one of the busiest federal courts in Florida. It is recognized most often as the battleground for the Terri Schiavo “right to die” case, but it has been at the center of major decisions for more than fifty years. The famous and the infamous have stood before the judges of the Middle District courts, including young civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall, mobster Santo Trafficante, drug lord Carlos Lehder, baseball star Denny McLain, movie star Wesley Snipes, criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, and Constance Baker Motley, the first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Series
A Florida Quincentennial Book
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813060491
SKU
V9780813060491
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About James M. Denham
James M. Denham is professor of history at Florida Southern College, USA and the director of the Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History. He is the author of several books, including “A Rogue’s Paradise”: Crime and Punishment in Antebellum Florida, 1821–1861.
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