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• civil law involves disputes between parties whereas criminal law is where prosecutions are brought against individuals or companies by or on behalf of the state.
• the aim of criminal law is to protect society and to sanction offenders
• the aim of civil law is to regulate the conduct between parties to a dispute, and to remedy a wrong that has occurred
• consequences of criminal is sanction which includes fines and impprisonment
• consquences of civil is remedy this includes damages
• in a civil case there is the plantiff and the defendant
• in a civil case there is the prosecutor and the accused
• wilson v bauer media is an example of civil law, deffamation
• civil law includes tort law: negligence, defamation, nuisance, trespass, contract law and consumer law