Monday, February 12, 2007

Civil and public law

Actually, civil and public law are different. Civil law concerns disputes among citizens within a country, public law - between citizens and the state, or between two states. There also are differencies between the main categories of English civil law and public law. Contracts, torts, trusts, probate and family law are the main categories of civil law. Crimes, constitutional law and international law are the main categories of public law.
It goes without saying that civil and criminal procedures are not the same. An English court may force a defendant to pay a fine or to pay the legal costs of the prosecution. He can be sent to prison, too. In a civil court the defendant only should pay to the plaintiff. Criminal actions are started by the state, civil actions - by individuals. The guilt of a criminal has to be proved beyond reasonable doubt in a criminal action. But a plaintiff in a civil action is required to prove his case on the balance of probabilities.
Nevertheless there are many point of contact between criminal and civil law. Althoug the guilty defendant in a criminal case will not be found liable in a civil action about the same matter he will not avoid civil liability. Because the standart of proof in the civil case is lower than in the criminal case.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Lifelong Learning Strategy

I think people should be reliable, sociable and responsible. They should know what they want from their lives. Besides, they should communicate with each other, because only communicating enriches our lives and gives a point. Of course, we have learn much, because the knowledge help us to avoid mistakes. People also should not say any lie, because only truth is a good basic of life. It is really important to be yourself, to be honest. It is nessesary to love your life, yourself, the others. So I would like to say that the most important thing in life is to have a big heart.