Overview

What is law?
Classification of law What is Civil Law What is Criminal law Differences between civil and criminal law

Summary

The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties:

shooting the birds is against the law they were taken to court for breaking the law

What is Law?
Body of rules which spells out the rights and duties of the various sectors in any society.

Categories of Law
CRIMINAL LAW and CIVIL

LAW Substantive and Procedural Law Public and Private Law International and Civil Law

Criminal Law
Law acts against people those who do crimes. Here, the jury uses

beyond a reasonable doubt standard in making its judgment of guilty; may involve a jail sentence because these actions are crimes against legal statutes

Civil Law
Civil law seeks to resolve non-criminal disputes such as disagreements over the meaning of contracts, property ownership, divorce, child custody and damages for personal and property damage. E.g.- Divorce Cases Contracts

Definition
Civil Law
Civil law deals with the disputes between individuals, organizations, or between the two, in which compensation is awarded to the victim.

Criminal Law
Criminal law is the body of law that deals with crime and the legal punishment of Criminal offences.

Burden of proof
Civil Law
Preponderance of
evidence

Criminal Law
Beyond a reasonable
doubt burden of proof is always on the state/ government.

Terminology
Civil law
Judge Defendant Bench of judgers Claimant Audience

Criminal law
Bench of judgers Accused Prosecute Bench of jury Audience

Types of Punishment
Civil Law
Civil litigation usually involves some type of compensation for injuries or damages as well as disposition of property and other disputes.

Criminal Law
A guilty defendant is punished by incarceration and/or fines, or in exceptional cases, the death penalty. Crimes and divided into two broad classes: Felonies and misdemeanors.

Case field
Civil Law
Criminal Law

Private Party

Government

Appeal of Jury
Civil Law
See State Court

Criminal Law
See State Court

Jurisdiction
See State Laws

Jurisdiction and Case

flow
See State laws

Court Structure
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeal Crown Court Magistrates Courts Civil Court of Appeal High court of Justice

Country Courts

Examples
Civil Law
Landlord/tenant disputes, divorce proceedings, child custody proceedings, property disputes, personal injury, contracts, etc.

Criminal Law
Theft, assault, robbery, trafficking in controlled substances, murder, abortion, prostitution, rape, etc.

Summary
Definition
Burden of proof. Type of Punishment. Case File. Appeal and Jury.

Court Structure.
Examples.

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