Differences Between Civil and Criminal Law
ASSIGNMENT UNIT 8 – DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW [Your Name]
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Good day readers. Thru this essay, I will try to explain and point out the differences between Civil and Criminal Cases.
The legal system used in the United States is based on common law and is divided into criminal law and civil law. The Civil law and Criminal law are two broad and separate entities of law with separate sets of laws and punishments, but a case can be heard and handle in both courts, State circuit and a Federal district court, due lawyers provide this options to their clients depending on the case, even that exists a number of differences between the two.
Let’s start with their definition and how they work. Definition: | Civil Case | Criminal Case | Civil law deals with the disputes between individuals, organizations, or between the two, in which compensation is awarded to the victim. | Criminal law lis the body of law that deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses. |
How it’s works? | Civil Case | Criminal Case | Civil law is about private disputes between individuals or between an individual and an organization or between organizations. Civil law deals with the harm, loss, or injury to one party or the other. A defendant in a Civil Case is found liable or not liable for damages. | Criminal law looks after public interests, and involves punishing and rehabilitating offenders, and protecting the society. A person reports a crime to the police and then they investigate the matter and find the suspect. If the charge has been properly presented and is enough supporting evidence of it, the Government, not the person who complains of the incident, prosecutes it in the courts. In a Criminal Case defendant may be found guilty or not. |
Some of the differences that I’ll point out are: “Parties Involved, Level of Proof, Penalties Imposed, and
[Professor Name]
[Course Number & Course Name] [University/ College Name]
Good day readers. Thru this essay, I will try to explain and point out the differences between Civil and Criminal Cases.
The legal system used in the United States is based on common law and is divided into criminal law and civil law. The Civil law and Criminal law are two broad and separate entities of law with separate sets of laws and punishments, but a case can be heard and handle in both courts, State circuit and a Federal district court, due lawyers provide this options to their clients depending on the case, even that exists a number of differences between the two.
Let’s start with their definition and how they work. Definition: | Civil Case | Criminal Case | Civil law deals with the disputes between individuals, organizations, or between the two, in which compensation is awarded to the victim. | Criminal law lis the body of law that deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses. |
How it’s works? | Civil Case | Criminal Case | Civil law is about private disputes between individuals or between an individual and an organization or between organizations. Civil law deals with the harm, loss, or injury to one party or the other. A defendant in a Civil Case is found liable or not liable for damages. | Criminal law looks after public interests, and involves punishing and rehabilitating offenders, and protecting the society. A person reports a crime to the police and then they investigate the matter and find the suspect. If the charge has been properly presented and is enough supporting evidence of it, the Government, not the person who complains of the incident, prosecutes it in the courts. In a Criminal Case defendant may be found guilty or not. |
Some of the differences that I’ll point out are: “Parties Involved, Level of Proof, Penalties Imposed, and