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- Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 241 pages) : illustrations.
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Making modern Florida (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Making modern Florida (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (219-229) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2016015364
- OCLC
- ssj0001669121
- Author
Adkins, Mary E.
- Title
Making modern Florida [electronic resource] : how the spirit of reform shaped a new state constitution / Mary E. Adkins ; foreword by David R. Colburn and Susan MacManus.
- Imprint
Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2016]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (219-229) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Colburn, David R.
MacManus, Susan A.