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Civil law
* are laws that deal with noncriminal acts in which one individual injures another
* come to the knowledge of subjects by public and explicit promulgation.
* deals more with an individual's rights and responsibilities.
* defines our rights and duties
  - relations between persons
* forbids the harassment or libelling or slandering of others.
* govern the smooth operation of a society.
* helps people solve their arguments.
* is Roman-Dutch law while the criminal law is based on English law
  - an extrapolation of the structured order of the universe
* is based on legislation that is found in constitutions or statutes passed by government
  - the Napoleonic Code, itself based on the older Roman Law concepts
  - between private parties only
  - divided into two general categories, Contract law and Tort law
  - practised in Latin America, in most of Europe and in much of Asia, including Japan
  - primarily legislative in origin and is based on statutes or codes
  - to encourage the good and punish the evil
  - when an individual or corporation sues another individual or corporation
* manifestation of society's moral order.
* regulates the relations of citizens among themselves.
* require at least as much trust in government as criminal law.
* speaks of marriage as a contract.
+ Law, Civil law and common law
  * Civil law is based on legislation that is found in constitutions or statutes passed by government. The secondary part of civil law is the legal approaches that are part of custom. In civil law governments, judges do not generally have much power, and most of the laws and legal precedent are created by members of parliament.

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Common law
* adapts as the community and society changes.
* comes from decisions of courts of law.
* gives the state ultimate sovereign right over one's land.
* is based on legal precedent, customs and traditions dating back centuries
  - defined by judges
  - judge-made law
  - scientific law, so instead of being made , it is discovered
  - what has evolved as judges decide cases, one by one, over hundreds of years
* permits a parent to contract for a child.
* regards suicide as an offense against the temporal sovereign.

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Legislation
* collection of written principles which guide behaviour in society.
* generic word also covering both statutes and delegated legislation.
* governing the practice of nursing exists in every state.
* is also generally governs administrative processes and procedures.
* is an important component of injury prevention
  - unnecessary burden on banks and financial institutions
  - civil laws
  - only one mode of governance
* is the art of compromise
  - enactment of new laws
  - genetic code of society
  - legal fetish of the age
  - primary source of law as opposed to case law or jurisprudence
  - process of making laws
  - source of all agency power

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Criminalization
* allows for the printing of money by organized crime interests.
* are legislation.
* is legislation
  - the domestic face of imperialism

Decriminalization
* increases drug use.
* is legislation
* is the opposite of legalization
  - way to go

Environmental legislation
* Some environmental legislation relates specifically to the electricity industry.
* impacts on every type of company or public body.
* takes different forms in different countries.

European legislation
* bans the landfilling of durable goods.
* is usually in the form of directives or regulations.