Seeking civility
Subtitle: common courtesy and the common law
By: George W. Jarecke and Nancy K. Plant.
Contributors: Plant, Nancy K., 1960-
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Law -- United States -- Anecdotes.; Right and wrong.; Law and ethics.; Civil society.
Genres: Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Keep your hands to yourself : assault and battery; title: Keep your hands to yourself II : civility between the sexes; title: Trespasses to property : a man's home is his castle; title: Nuisance : trespass's messier companion; title: Stevens v. Hay, etc.: how bad things can get; title: Outrageous! the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress; title: Sticks and stones can break your bones : verbal abuse; title: Badgering : by telephone, on the street, and by computer chip; title: Nasty words : blasphemy, obscenity, and cursing; title: Gossip gone bad : defamation; title: Incivility incarnate : litigation; title: Revenge by litigation : wrongful civil proceedings.