Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the Common Law
Road rage threatens mental health and physical safety. People use cell phones in public places with blithe indifference for the tranquillity of others. Smokers, while fewer in numbers, still have a defiant look about them when they light up outside office buildings and are not especially careful where they blow their smoke. In these and similar incidents involving a lack of common courtesy or respect, individuals often turn to the legal system to resolve personal disputes. But is the law the...
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This engaging and highly original look at civility in American culture asks if litigation is the most efficient or effective means of enforcing personal disputes.
PrefaceIntroduction31Keep Your Hands to Yourself: Assault and Battery152Keep Your Hands to Yourself II: Civility between the Sexes293Trespasses to Property: A Man's Home Is His Castle404Nuisance: Trespass's Messier Companion505Stevens v. Hay, etc.: How Bad Things Can Get636Outrageous! The Intentional Infliction of Severe Emotional Distress697Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones: Verbal Abuse828Badgering: By Telephone, on the Street, and by Computer Chip939Nasty Words: Blasphemy, Obscenity, and Cursing10810Gossip Gone Bad: Defamation11611Incivility Incarnate: Litigation12812Revenge by Litigation: Wrongful Civil Proceedings142Conclusion155Notes171Selected Annotated Bibliography189Index193
