Enforcing civility and respect: three societies.

From: Yale Law Journal | Date: April 1, 2000| Author: Whitman, James Q. | Copyright information

Politicians and academics have recently been preaching more "civility," not only in everyday life, but also in such areas as sexual harassment and hate speech. But can the law really enforce "civility"? This Article examines the law of civility in Germany, France, and the United States. Germany and France do have far-reaching civility regulation, most notably in the form of the law of "insult," a species of law essentially unknown in the United States. The tradition of the law of insult ser...

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