--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess it's semantics, but I thought you were breaking civil law if > you had to go to civil court. Not all laws are criminal laws, there > are civil laws, which is what you go to civil court for breaking. > That was my understanding, anyway. Like there are divorce laws, which > if you break you aren't a criminal, but you're still breaking the law.
You may be right. I rarely deal with civil laws in my work, whereas my job does occasionally lead to research concerning traffic code and criminal laws. I'd be interested to learn how civil stuff like libel is codified.
