Compare, contrast, and discuss the similarities and differences between crimes and torts
What will be an ideal response?
Crimes and torts represent two different ways our legal system responds to social and individual harm. Torts are private wrongs for which you can sue the party who wronged you and recover money. Crime and torts have some similarities. Both are sets of rules telling us what we can't do and what we must do. Both apply to everyone, speak for everyone, and have the whole community behind them. The power of the law backs the enforcement of both. Differences include that criminal prosecutions are brought by the state, whereas torts are pursued by a private party. In criminal prosecutions, money is paid by convicted offenders to the state; in torts, money is paid by defendants who lose to the plaintiff. Criminal conviction involves condemnation by the entire community; torts compensate the plaintiff. The standard of proof is higher in a criminal case (beyond a reasonable doubt) than in a tort.
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What will be an ideal response?
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