Só um chute já que não entendo a diferença entre ambas.

Public disorder can become manifest in many forms: political, industrial, environmental, racial, sporting, festive and various eclectic combinations. In accommodating protest and
dissent, the policing of public disorder can adopt a variety of responses ranging on the spectrum from militaristic deployment and tactics to conciliatory and consensual strategies.
www.anzsoc.org/conferences/1998/baker.pdf

Civil disorder, also known as civil unrest, is a broad term that is typically used by law enforcement to describe one or more forms of disturbance caused by a group of people. Civil disturbance is typically a symptom of, and a form of protest against, major socio-political problems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_unrest

Sounds strange, doesn't it, but it's the correct insurance and contractual term.

CIVIL COMMOTION. Lord Mansfield defines a civil commotion to be "an insurrection of the people for general purposes, though it may not amount to rebellion where there is an usurped power." 2 Marsh. lnsur. 793. In the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance against fire, it is declared that the insurance company will not make good any loss happening by any civil commotion.
http://www.law-dictionary.org/CIVIL COMMOTION.asp?q=CIVIL CO...


Coverage for damage to property resulting from riot or civil commotion. Riot is defined by most state laws as a violent disturbance involving three or more (in some states two or more) persons. Civil commotion is a more serious and prolonged disturbance or violent uprising. Losses from riots in major cities during the 1960s caused insurers to stop writing this type of coverage in certain urban areas.

http://www.answers.com/topic/riot-and-civil-commotion-insura...

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