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what types of behaviours do both criminal and civil law control?
3 Answers
- 7 years ago
The question is a little vague.
Either you are asking:
What is the difference between criminal and civil law?; or
Where does criminal and civil law overlap?; or
What crimes are covered under civil and criminal law?
Or many other different questions lol
I can answer the first:
Criminal law controls crime, actions which are considered to be crime by acts of legislation.
Civil law generally deals with cases between two people who have a dispute with each other.
If you comment with a more specific question, or at least put the question in context, I can edit this answer or comment another.
- CliveLv 77 years ago
Criminal law is about what is considered to be just plain wrong and deserving of punishment. So what a criminal court can do about it is sentence you to a fine, a community order or prison.
Civil law is about disputes between people, so what a civil court can do about it is make an order to enforce what you agreed to do, or make you pay compensation. If we have a contract that I will do something for which you agree to pay me, if I don't do it then you can sue me. Or if I do it and you don't pay, I can sue you.
A particular situation could be both. Let's say that I am a burglar and I broke into your house and stole your TV. Burglary is defined by the Theft Act 1968 to be a crime with a maximum sentence of 14 years' imprisonment so when I get caught I will certainly go to prison for it. But you can also sue me for the loss and the damage I caused to your house. Now that's civil law. In practice, you won't have to because criminal courts have power to make an order against me to pay you back for what I did.
- EdwardLv 77 years ago
I would imagine certain cases of fraud.
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