Chapter 14.Personal Injury
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Whereas the aim of criminal law is intended, in part, to maintain social control, civil law is concerned with settling disputes between parties, whether individuals, groups, corporate entities, or governments. The essential format is that one party, the plaintiff, alleges having been wronged by the other party, the defendant, and seeks monetary damages. Thus, through a bit of legal logic, compensation would make the plaintiff “whole.” Alternatively, the defendant could be found blameless.
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