Summary

Civil and public law

First of all talking about civil and public law I must to mention differences between civil and public law. Civil law discusing among citizens within a country and public law between citizens and the state or between one state and another. English civil law concist of: contracts, torts, trusts, probate and family law. The main categories public law are: crimes, Constitutional law, International law.
Criminl and civil procedure differ. Criminal actions are always started by the state, but civil actions are usually started by individuals. The party bringing criminal action is known as the prosecution, in other hand, the party bringing a civil action is the plaintiff. In both kinds of action the other party is known as the defendant.