Civility: Manners, Morals and the Etiquette of Democracy by Stephen L. Carter

Leah Ward Sears is a former chief justice for the Georgia Supreme Court and was the first black woman to head a state court system. She is now a partner in the Atlanta office of Schiff Hardin.

Carter’s Civility is more broadly defined than simple manners. “He points out so well the sacrifices we all must make to be able to live together by doing more than just being obedient to the law.”

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