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Author Ford, Carole Bell, 1934-

Title The women of CourtWatch : reforming a corrupt family court system / Carole Bell Ford
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations
Contents Before CourtWatch : a broken system -- Florence : a woman in two worlds -- Gender bias and the law : the blind maiden -- Ethical dilemmas : practicing family law -- Florence, Melanie, and Diana : "housewives dabbling in politics" -- The election of 1994 : "the babes that slew the goliath" -- Houston : after CourtWatch
Summary The inspiring and courageous story of women activists whose grassroots campaign defeated powerful judges and brought justice to a family court system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kusnetz, Florence
SUBJECT Kusnetz, Florence. fast (OCoLC)fst01598759
Subject Lawyers -- Texas -- Biography
Judicial corruption -- Texas -- Harris County
Domestic relations courts -- Texas -- Harris County
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Domestic relations courts.
Judicial corruption.
Lawyers.
Texas.
Texas -- Harris County.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004025535
ISBN 0292706820
9780292706828
0292709587
9780292709584
0292796714
9780292796713