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In terms of purpose and legal procedure, what is the difference between civil law and criminal law?
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In terms of purpose and legal procedure, what is the difference between civil law and criminal law? There are many differences between civil law and criminal law, I my essay I will explore this especially in terms of purpose and procedure and the various mechanisms they use within the English legal system to bring cases to the courts. The main difference is that criminal law is their to deter & punish individuals and civil law is there to settle disputes between individuals The main purpose of criminal law is to deter an individual/party from committing a crime, by doing this it is protecting the community and punishing the offender. In contrast civil law is there to compensate the person who has suffered a loss, finding who is liable for the civil wrong does this. By achieving these purposes in criminal law it attempts to make regulate behaviour of the...
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