The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917.
Manley, Walter W. Brown, Canter. Rise, Eric W. The Supreme Court of Florida and its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Gainesville, [Fla.]: University Press of Florida, [1997]. xvii, 454 pp. Hardcover. Near-fine. Price label on back board. Internally clean. $25. * Contents: Forewords, Richard W. Ervin, Stephen C. O'Connell and Kenneth W. Starr; Pt. 1. Florida Territory, 1821-1845. 1. Andrew Jackson and the Beginnings of the Florida Judiciary. 2. Superior Courts and a Territorial Court of Appeals. 3. A Maturing Judicial System. 4. Momentum toward Statehood and a Supreme Court; Pt. 2. Antebellum Statehood, 1845-1860. 5. Florida in the Antebellum Era. 6. Creation and Organization of the Supreme Court. 7. An Independent Supreme Court. 8. Popular Elections and Internal Divisions. 9. Antebellum Opinions; Pt. 3. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877. 10. Civil War and the Courts. 11. Presidential Reconstruction. 12. Congressional Reconstruction. 13. Business of the Court, 1868-1877; Pt. 4. Redemption and the Bourbons, 1877-1896. 14. Post-Reconstruction Florida. 15. The Post-Reconstruction Court. 16. Case Decisions and the Redemption; Pt. 5. Before the Great War, 1897-1916. 17. Progressive Florida. 18. Court Expansion and Other Reforms.
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