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Explain the differences between Civil and Criminal law with respect to the role of the State and civil and criminal liability.
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Assignment 2. Explain the differences between Civil and Criminal law with respect to the role of the State and civil and criminal liability. Law covers a huge amount of different areas. For this reason, it is split into its two main categories of Civil and Criminal law. Each of these covers different aspects of the law. The differences between these types of law lie not in the actual conduct or acts that have caused the need for the law to become involved, but rather in the legal consequences that are to come of this conduct. Criminal law is a sub-division of public law, meaning that always it involves the State or government in some way. Criminal law states which behaviour the State finds to be unacceptable in society and is forbidden at the risk of punishment. The purpose of criminal law is to maintain law and order in our society. It...
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