Seeking civility : common courtesy and the common law / George W. Jarecke and Nancy K. Plant.
2003
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Title
Seeking civility : common courtesy and the common law / George W. Jarecke and Nancy K. Plant.
Published
Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2003]
Copyright
©2003
Call Number
K184 .J365 2003
ISBN
1555535763 (alk. paper)
Description
x, 200 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)51838565
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191) and index.
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Common courtesy and the common law
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
3
1
Keep Your Hands to Yourself: Assault and Battery
15
2
Keep Your Hands to Yourself II: Civility between the Sexes
29
3
Trespasses to Property: A Man's Home Is His Castle
40
4
Nuisance: Trespass's Messier Companion
50
5
Stevens v. Hay, etc.: How Bad Things Can Get
63
6
Outrageous! The Intentional Infliction of Severe Emotional Distress
69
7
Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones: Verbal Abuse
82
8
Badgering: By Telephone, on the Street, and by Computer Chip
93
9
Nasty Words: Blasphemy, Obscenity, and Cursing
108
10
Gossip Gone Bad: Defamation
116
11
Incivility Incarnate: Litigation
128
12
Revenge by Litigation: Wrongful Civil Proceedings
142
Conclusion
155
Notes
171
Selected Annotated Bibliography
189
Index
193