Florida's First Law School: A History of Stetson University College of Law.

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Florida's First Law School: A History of Stetson University College of Law By Michael I. Swygert and W. Gary Vause

A thoroughly researched book, Florida's First Law School describes and analyzes the rise in prominence of Stetson University College of Law from its strong beginnings in 1900 through its midlife crises during the Great Depression and World War II, and its upward march after its 1954 relocation to the Tampa Bay area.

Authored by Stetson Professor of Law Emeritus Michael Swygert and Gary Vause, former dean of the law school who died in 2003 before completion of the book, this story leaves no detail behind in providing a history about the people whose personalities and visions meshed to...