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Making modern Florida : how the spirit of reform shaped a new state constitution / Mary E. Adkins ; foreword by David R. Colburn and Susan A. MacManus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adkins, Mary E., author.
- Series:
- Florida government and politics.
- Florida Government and Politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutions--Florida.
- Constitutions.
- Constitutional law--Florida.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the history and impact of the 1966-68 revision of the 1885 Florida state constitution; a process in which state citizens took back powers that their forerunners over a century earlier had effectively ceded to the federal government.
- Contents:
- The old constitutions
- The U.S. Supreme Court reapportionment cases
- The 1966 Constitution Revision Commission
- Building a constitution's foundation
- Putting it together, part I
- Drafting a constitution, drafting a legislature
- The CRC Debates: November and December 1966
- Putting it together, part II
- A new constitution.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5180-0
- 0-8130-5251-3
- OCLC:
- 948779957
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