Civil and criminal law

Civil and criminal law have differences and similarities too.

Criminal law regulates people's acts against the state, civil law regulates disputes among citizens and a country. Criminal and civil procedures are not the same. The standarts of proof in criminal law are bigger than in civil law. In a civil law, firstly, a person commites a civil wrong and a plaintiff brings a civil action against the defendant. If the plaintiff wins in the proceeding the defenant will be found liable and should award damages. A criminal case is brought by the prosecution. Ih the defendant looses a criminal case he can be punished to life imprisonment, to pay a fine or legal costs of the prosecution. On the other hand, there are some similarities between criminal and civil law. If a looser of a civil law refuses to pay amount of money to a winner of the action it could result in a criminal prosecution for the looser.

It can be stated that civil and criminal law are related with each other, although, there are some differences.