Publisher's Synopsis
Offering an examination of harassment, this work looks at such areas as the common law harasssment, the civil and criminal provisions of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the domestic violence provisions of the Family Law Act 1996, and the anti-social neighbour injunctions under the Housing Act 1996, and includes the provisions of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Bill.l The inter-relationships between the various remedies and their respective advantages and disadvantages are;explained. Examples are given of various types of harrassment: racial, sexual, in the workplace or from neighbours, journalists or stalkers. All the relevant legislation and case law is provided together with precedents and checklists.
