Keepers of the Spirits
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Keepers of the Spirits

The Judicial Response to Prohibition Enforcement in Florida, 1885-1935

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Keepers of the Spirits

The Judicial Response to Prohibition Enforcement in Florida, 1885-1935

About this book

Drawn from research in the manuscript records of the federal judiciary and the court reports of the Florida Supreme Court, this book examines how state and federal judges responded to the enforcement of local, state, and national prohibition in Florida. Upholding these measures often resulted in governmental encroachment on civil liberties; consequently, judges found themselves positioned to determine the scope of the liquor laws. As they balanced the rights of individuals with the power of the state, Florida judges acted independently of public opinion and based their rulings on precedent and citation of authority. To present the fullest picture possible, this text, while focusing on the efforts of the judges to uphold the spirit and the letter of the various liquor laws, it also considers the views of individuals who violated prohibition.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
1998
Print ISBN
9780313301902
eBook ISBN
9780313029851
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction: Historians and the Liquor Laws
  4. 1. Local Option to National Prohibition, 1885โ€“1920
  5. 2. Concurrent Enforcement of the Liquor Laws, 1905โ€“1922
  6. 3. Prohibition and Privacy Rights, 1921โ€“1930
  7. 4. The Judicial Check on Property Forfeiture, 1921โ€“1930
  8. 5. National Prohibition to Local Option, 1928โ€“1935
  9. Epilogue
  10. Selected Bibliography
  11. Index