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Residency And Democracy: Durational Residency Requirements From The Framers To The Present, Eugene D. Mazo Jan 2016

Residency And Democracy: Durational Residency Requirements From The Framers To The Present, Eugene D. Mazo

Florida State University Law Review

After years of struggle, we no longer require property ownership, employ poll taxes, or force citizens to take literary tests to vote. The franchise is now also open to women, African Americans, and other groups that were previously disenfranchised. However, our states still prevent citizens from voting if they fail to meet a durational residency requirement. The states also impose lengthy durational residency requirements on candidates seeking public office. This Article examines the history of America’s durational residency requirements. It looks at the debates of the framers at the Constitutional Convention, at how state durational residency requirements were broadened in …


Feeling For Rocks While Crossing The River: The Gradual Evolution Of Chinese Law, Bradley L. Milkwick Jan 2005

Feeling For Rocks While Crossing The River: The Gradual Evolution Of Chinese Law, Bradley L. Milkwick

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

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Workers' Rights In The Mexican Maquiladora Sector: Collective Bargaining, Women's Rights, And General Human Rights: Law, Norms, And Practice, Joshua M. Kagan Jan 2005

Workers' Rights In The Mexican Maquiladora Sector: Collective Bargaining, Women's Rights, And General Human Rights: Law, Norms, And Practice, Joshua M. Kagan

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

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Rosa Parks: Foremother & Heroine Teaching Civility & Offering A Vision For A Better Tomorrow, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Apr 1995

Rosa Parks: Foremother & Heroine Teaching Civility & Offering A Vision For A Better Tomorrow, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

Florida State University Law Review

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Beethoven And The Law: The Case Of The Nephew, Elliot M. Abramson Jul 1990

Beethoven And The Law: The Case Of The Nephew, Elliot M. Abramson

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Questions In Perspective, John Paul Stevens Apr 1985

Legal Questions In Perspective, John Paul Stevens

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.