http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_%28common_law%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torts
I thought you had to study this stuff in law school, which is one reason I didn't go to law school. --- In [email protected], "David Patch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > 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. >
