Seeking civility : common courtesy and the common law / George W. Jarecke & Nancy K. Plant.

Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press, c2003.

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Law and ethics -- United States.

Torts -- United States.

Moral conditions -- United States.

Conduct of life -- United States.

United States -- Social conditions.

1. Keep your hands to yourself: assault and battery

2. Keep your hands to yourself II: civility between the sexes

3. Tresspasses to property: a man's home is his castle

4. Nuisance: tresspass's messier companion

5. Stevens v. Hay, etc.: how bad things can get

6. Outrageous! the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress

7. Sticks and stones can break your bones: verbal abuse

8. Badgering: by telephone, on the street, and by computer chip

9. Nasty words: blasphemy, obscenity and cursing

10. Gossip gone bad: defamation

11. Incivility incarnate: litigation

12. Revenge by litigation: wrongful civil proceedings.

Includes bibliography (p. 189-191) and index.

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x, 200 p.