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Some Differences Between Civil And Criminal Laws

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Criminal law vs civil law

Criminal law

In any criminal law vs civil law debates, you are likely to come across some valid points that will raise a few questions in the mind of some law students. There are some important differences between these two forms of law, and here are some of them.

Civil law

In the case of civil law, it mainly involves disagreements between two people or companies. A breach of agreement often leads to one of the parties of the initial deal approaching the court for a fair judgment. In most of the cases, one of the parties will allege that the actions of the other person caused harm and will file a civil lawsuit demanding damages.

It is the duty of the plaintiff to present the required evidence in the court of law suggesting that the defendant was indeed responsible for the damages suffered by the plaintiff. This is called as “preponderance of the evidence” and it establishes the amount of evidence that the plaintiff must present in the court of law to get a favorable decision. It is here that civil law differs from criminal law. Only a majority of the evidence is required to support the argument of the plaintiff, and the court would produce an order in favor of him. But, in the case of criminal law, for the court to produce a verdict, the evidence should be much stronger.

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Criminal law

The purpose of this law is to prevent the citizens of the state from bringing harm on each other and to prevent them from involving in illegal actions. These illegal actions include theft, murder; robbery etc. and the defendant will have to face a jury and a judge. It is the responsibility of the State or the Federal Government to bring the defendant to trial, and if the court was to give a guilty verdict to the defendant, that might result in jail time for the defendant.

One of the important aspects of a criminal case is that the defendant is not required to prove his or her innocence in the court of law. It is the responsibility of the prosecutor to prove that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, to a jury consisting of 12 members.

Criminal law vs civil law debates always throw up some interesting points for discussion. It is important to study these points in great detail.


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