Seeking civility : common courtesy and the common law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jarecke, George W., 1953-
Other Authors: Plant, Nancy K., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Keep your hands to yourself: assault and battery
  • Keep your hands to yourself II: civility between the sexes
  • Trespasses to property: a man's home is his castle
  • Nuisance: trespass's messier companion
  • Stevens v. Hay, etc.: how bad things can get
  • Outrageous! the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress
  • Sticks and stones can break your bones: verbal abuse
  • Badgering: by telephone, on the street, and by computer chip
  • Nasty words: blasphemy, obscenity, and cursing
  • Gossip gone bad: defamation
  • Incivility incarnate: litigation
  • Revenge by litigation: wrongful civil proceedings.