DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING ECONOMICS

UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA
B.Sc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying and B.Sc (Hons) in Facilities Management
Level I- Semester II
BE 1310 - LEGAL SYSTEMS
ASSESSED PROJECT WORK I
1. TOPIC
Civil Law vs. Criminal Law

2. OBJECTIVES
 To improve student’s knowledge on Civil Law and Criminal Law
 To identify the difference between Civil Law and Criminal Law
 To promote group working among students

3. BACKGROUND

The main function of the law is to protect the lives, liberties, rights and property of citizens. There are
two fundamental areas of law: criminal law and civil law. There are some vital differences in how these
cases are decided. While both criminal and civil law seek to punish defendants, they go about it in very
different ways, and the standards for finding a defendant guilty are not the same. Civil cases usually
involve private disputes between persons or organizations. Criminal cases involve an action that is
considered to be harmful to society as a whole.

4. TASK

Students are required to prepare a poster using newspaper articles on cases regarding Civil Law and
Criminal Law (at least 2 cases for each) to differentiate them considering the significant features of each
Law.

5. METHOD

Students have to work in group of maximum five (05) members and produce a poster. Each member
should participate to the poster presentation. Maximum duration of presentation is 15 minutes.

Mr. M.D.T.E. Abeynayake Ms. N.F. Sabrina

Ms. Abiramy Sivakumar
Mr. Akila Rathnasinghe
6. MARKING CRITERIA

Group Basis
Individual Basis (50%)
(50%)

Knowledge and comprehension

Confidence of talking in front

Structure and contents of the

Presentation without reading
Use of appropriate body

Creativity / Initiatives
Poster Evaluation

Time Management
language/ voice
of the audience

from notes.

poster

Total
Maximum marks 10 10 10 20 30 10 10 100

Student (s) names (s) / Reg. No.

7. DATE OF ASSIGNMENT : 29th June 2019

8. DATE OF SUBMISSION : 6th July 2019

9. DATE OF PRESENTATION : 6th & 13th July 2019

Mr. M.D.T.E. Abeynayake Ms. N.F. Sabrina

Ms. Abiramy Sivakumar
Mr. Akila Rathnasinghe