Making modern Florida how the spirit of reform shaped a new state constitution / Mary E. Adkins ; foreword by David R. Colburn and Susan MacManus.

Author/creator Adkins, Mary E.
Other author Colburn, David R.
Other author MacManus, Susan A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Descriptionxxv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

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.
Scope and content 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (219-229) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016015364
ISBN9780813062853 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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