Making Modern Florida.

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.

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author: Adkins, Mary E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Press of Florida, 2016.
Series:Florida government and politics.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.