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Q 1. What is Law?
Answer:
recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce
by the imposition of penalties.
"Shooting the birds is against the law"
Criminal Law
Criminal law is the body of law
that deals with crime and the
legal punishment of criminal
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Assignment 1 Cl
Civil Law
Criminal Law
offenses.
Government
"Preponderance of evidence."
Standard Claimant must produce
of proof evidence beyond the balance
of probabilities.
Compensation (usually
financial) for injuries or
Type of
damages, or an injunction in
punishme
nuisance.
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Assignment 1 Cl
Civil Law
Landlord/tenant disputes,
divorce proceedings, child
Examples
custody proceedings, property
disputes, personal injury, etc.
Either party (claimant or
Appeals defendant) can appeal a
court's decision.
Criminal Law
Theft, assault, robbery,
trafficking in controlled
substances, murder, etc.
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