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                                    Civil Law vs Criminal Law









                               Civil Law                                                             Criminal Law




         Putting a person who has                                                  Aim of punishing the offender in


              suffered harm back in position                                             a way that is designed  to
              they were in before the harm                                               prevent them from carrying out


              occur- in other words, the aim is                                          the offence again
              to set right an unfair situation
                                                                                    Preventing crime has a more

                                                                                         general aim of creating a stable

                                                                                         and law-abiding society
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