Research Catalog

Title

The Supreme Court of Florida : a journey toward justice, 1972-1987 / Neil Skene.

Author

Skene, Neil

Publication

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]

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Details

Description

xix, 506 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

This book features some of the most turbulent and monumental rulings from the Florida Supreme Court (FSC). This period of great social and political change in the state, nation, FSC, and then governors Graham and Askew, features the first Republican governor taking office (Martinez) and the appointment of two new justices. Substantial changes in law and ethics were foremost in these years, with a robust change to Florida's tort laws with Hoffman v. Jones and the reinstatement of Virgil Hawkins.

Subjects

• Florida > Supreme Court > History > 20th century
• Justice, Administration of > Florida > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chronology of cases and important events -- The reformation -- Four horsemen of the reformation -- 1974: Overton and England -- 1975: Sundberg and Hatchett -- Article V: Architects of change -- The third branch -- The spirit of 1976: reformers take control -- Unexpected replacements: Alderman and McDonald -- Playing chicken with courtroom cameras -- Access to legal services: who will serve the poor? -- "Save the Supreme Court" -- The life of the law -- Personal injury: a collision of interests -- Media law: satyrs, beer trucks, and teachers -- Personal injury: a wrong finds a remedy -- Divorce and family litigation: till the judge do us part -- Environment and growth: property rights and the public good -- Death penalty: the long last mile -- The machinery of death -- The "E" seat: Ervin to England to Ehrlich -- Accepting gays -- Reapportionment: where to draw the lines -- Search and seizure: reshaping constitutional protections -- Private lives and public values in criminal law -- Shaw: from descendant of a slave to Chief Justice -- Death penalty: deciding who dies -- Sovereign immunity: suing city hall -- Constitutional amendments: tinkering with democracy -- Open government and privacy: the Forsberg saga -- Chief Justice Boyd: the passover ends -- Criminal law: to establish justice -- "Rosemary the first" -- Virgil Hawkins: crossing the bar.

Call Number

JFE 17-8282

ISBN

• 9780813054483
• 0813054486

LCCN

2017016662

OCLC

959592354

Author

Skene, Neil, author.

Title

The Supreme Court of Florida : a journey toward justice, 1972-1987 / Neil Skene.

Publisher

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8282