
Keepers of the Spirits
The Judicial Response to Prohibition Enforcement in Florida, 1885-1935
- 176 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Historians and the Liquor Laws
- 1. Local Option to National Prohibition, 1885โ1920
- 2. Concurrent Enforcement of the Liquor Laws, 1905โ1922
- 3. Prohibition and Privacy Rights, 1921โ1930
- 4. The Judicial Check on Property Forfeiture, 1921โ1930
- 5. National Prohibition to Local Option, 1928โ1935
- Epilogue
- Selected Bibliography
- Index