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The Nineteenth Amendment Enforcement Power (But First, Which One Is The Nineteenth Amendment, Again?), Steve Kolbert Jan 2016

The Nineteenth Amendment Enforcement Power (But First, Which One Is The Nineteenth Amendment, Again?), Steve Kolbert

Florida State University Law Review

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Expressive Enforcement, Avlana Eisenberg May 2014

Expressive Enforcement, Avlana Eisenberg

Scholarly Publications

Laws send messages, some of which may be heard at the moment of enactment. But much of a law’s expressive impact is bound up in its enforcement. Although scholars have extensively debated the wisdom of expressive legislation, their discussions in the context of domestic criminal law have focused largely on enactment-related messaging, rather than on expressive enforcement. This Article uses hate crime laws—the paradigmatic example of expressive legislation—as a case study to challenge conventional understandings of the messaging function of lawmaking. The Article asks: How do institutional incentives shape prosecutors’ enforcement decisions, and how do these decisions affect the message …


1977 Workmen's Compensation Legislation, Stanley James Brainerd Apr 1978

1977 Workmen's Compensation Legislation, Stanley James Brainerd

Florida State University Law Review

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A Proposal For Revision Of The Florida Constitution: Environmental Rights For Florida Citizens, Martha L. Harrell Oct 1977

A Proposal For Revision Of The Florida Constitution: Environmental Rights For Florida Citizens, Martha L. Harrell

Florida State University Law Review

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Florida's Legislative Response To Furman: An Exercise In Futility?, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Harold Levinson Jul 1973

Florida's Legislative Response To Furman: An Exercise In Futility?, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Harold Levinson

Scholarly Publications

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