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What is Incivility?

An friend is defending a client who is facing a frivolous lawsuit.  There is no debate that the lawsuit is frivolous.  My friend has written very polite letters.  Imagine, though, that he wrote the following:Hey f--k sticks.  This lawsuit is s--t.  You are worthless f---s.  You ruin lives.  I hope you die.The other lawyer would file a motion with the court.  The judge would be upset.  There would be a lot of drama.  That makes no sense.What is more uncivil: a) making someone hire a lawyer and lose sleep due to stress because your rich client likes to pay you lots of money to file frivolous lawsuits; b) cursing people who file frivolous lawsuits?The law needs to reconsider it's definition of civility. Civility is not form; it's substance.  Saying please while raping someone does not make the act civil...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).