Arranged in broadly chronological order, forty panels are currently on display in the supreme court building in Tallahassee, Florida. HISTORICAL PANELS: PART I 1. Timucua Indians and Justice 2. 1597 Spanish Law Book 3. Florida on Trial 4. Colonial Courts and Justice 5. Jury Summons: 1783 British East Florida 6. The Governor’s Dilemma 7. Organization of US Courts in Florida 8. The Floridian: Laws of Florida 9. Spanish Land Grants 10. The Jonathan Walker Case: The Branded Hand 12. The Court Convenes Go to HISTORICAL PANELS: PART II 13. First Chief Justice Thomas Douglas 14. The Right to Trial by Jury: Flint River Steamboat 15. Constitutional Conventions 16. Justice Hart and the Impeachment of Gov. Reed 17. The Presidential Election of 1876 18. Separation of Powers: Bisbee v. Drew 19. County Judges 20. The Case of the Cracker Cowboy 21. Bench and Bar of 1899 22. Women on Juries: Hoyt v. Florida 23. Montgomery v. State 24. Old Capitol Courtroom 25. Forty Years on the Court 26. 1948 Construction of the Supreme Court Building 27. Dedication of the Supreme Court Building, Dec. 28, 1945 HISTORICAL PANELS IN PART III 28. Justice Harold Sebring at Nuremberg 29. Gideon v. Wainwright 30. 1968 Florida Constitutional Revision Commission 31. Election of Justices 32. Merit Selection and Retention 33. Constitutional Amendments 34. Justice Joseph W. Hatchett 35. Cameras in the Courtroom 36. Justice Leander Shaw, Jr. 37. The Court at the Governor’s Mansion 38. The Rosemary Barkett Award 39. Selection of Jurors: State v. Neil 40. The Expanding Court | Evolution of Justice in Florida - PART IHistorical Panels 1 to 12The creation of this document was funded through the generosity of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society. The original exhibit of 40 historical panels was part of the initiative to enhance public trust and confidence in our state’s justice system. The panels are on public display in the Supreme Court BuildingThe Historical Society is committed to promoting the understanding of the importance of a strong, independent judiciary in our governmental balance of power. |