Civil and Public law

Summary


There are two different branches of law: Civil and Public law.
Civil law is the part of law that deals with disagreements between people rather than with crime. It’s main categories are contracts, torts, trusts, probate and Family law. Public law concerns disputes between citizens and the state, or between two states. It’s main categories are crimes, Constitutional law and International law. Basic differences between Civil and Public law are: the standards of proof are superior in a Public law than in a Civil; prosecution (accuser in a Public law) must prove the guilt of perpetrator “beyond reasonable doubt“ but the plaintiff (accuser in Civil law) must prove the guilt “on the balance of probabilities“; procedures in Civil and Public law are different; evidence from criminal case is not always admissible as evidence from criminal case about the same subject; in a civil case the loser must pay a fine while loser in a criminal case must be sentenced to imprisonment.
Though these two law branches are very different but both are really necessary.