Civil law concerns disputes among citizens within a country, and public law among citizens and the state, or between one state and another. The main civil law categories are contracts, torts, trusts and probate. In public law the main categories are crimes, Constitutional law and International law.
There are some differences between civil and criminal actions. In criminal action can't be any doubt about person's guilt, evidences should be very clear for judges. In civil action a crime cannot be proven if there are any doubts, so judges have to weigh all the evidence and decide is the person guilty or not. Also, criminal actions are always started by the state, but in civil law usually by individuals. Other important difference between these actions is that the party bringing a criminal action is called the prosecution and party bringing a civil action is the plaintiff. Sometimes evidence in criminal trial is not necessarily admissable and in civil action. That's why sometimes person has to prove his case even if he was found not guilty in criminal trial.
Finally, avoiding liability is bad for a person in both action. The procedures may force loser to pay money for the winner or even criminal penalty as well.
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