"Civil and public law" summary

There are two main kinds of law- it is civil and public law. The main categories of civil law are contracts, torts, trusts, probate and family law. The public law is divided in crimes, constitutional law and international law. Public law concerns disputis between citizens within a country and civil law concerns disputies between citizens and the state or between two states.
Criminal and civil procedures are different. The main differences are that in criminal action is started by a party called prosecution, however the beginer of of civil action is called plaintif. The other party is called defendant in both kinds of action. The standart of proof in civil case is lower than in the criminal case. In civil action the party which had lost the case has to award damages for example it could be fine. But in the criminal action the party which looses the case is finded guilty and gets punishment for example inprisonment.
Both procedures are quite different and difficult.