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[World Traveler]

Share prices for leading condom brand Unidus were up nearly 15 percent, the daily limit on the country's Kosdaq market. And shares of Hyundai Pharmaceutical, which makes morning-after birth control pills and pregnancy tests, rose 9.7 percent.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/26/389266977/south-korea-decriminalizes-cheating-shares-of-contraceptive-companies-rise
Ugh.

[nate1983]

[nate1983]

Here's a law firm's explanation of civil and criminal law. Notice that it refers to criminal law as that which governs violations of the law, which is what I would say is the mainstream view in the legal community when we think about "breaking the law." If you think that professors or "legal experts" never get a little sloppy with semantics, you should have seen my corporations casebook which was all over the place. Some of my professors had clerked on the Supreme Court, but they certainly weren't immune from the occasional mistake.

Criminal actions are complaints brought by the state or federal government against parties accused of violating a law. Civil actions are defined as any non-criminal actions and involve private rights and remedies. Some examples include torts (such as negligence), contracts, real estate issues, wills and trusts, and family law matters. A primary and easily recognizable difference between civil and criminal actions is the party who is permitted to bring the action. Only the state or federal government may prosecute criminal actions. When they prosecute a criminal action they are acting on behalf of the citizens of the state or the United States. Both private citizens and the state and federal government can bring civil actions. When the state or federal government brings a civil action, it is acting on behalf of the citizens of the state or United States and when private citizens file civil actions, they are acting on their own behalf. The terminology used to describe the parties in civil and criminal actions also differs. In criminal cases the party pursuing the action is called the state or the prosecutor and the party charged with the crime is the defendant, or, the accused. In civil actions, the party pursuing the action is called the plaintiff and the party responding to the action is called the defendant.

Another difference between criminal and civil actions is the societal purpose or justification for the action. The criminal law system is the state’s primary instrument for preventing people from intentionally or recklessly harming one another. Its general purpose is to punish individuals found guilty of violating the law.

[Fox]

Hmm. On the one hand I think you are being a bit pedantic here, particularly since one of the "for general audiences" links I provided was to a law textbook written by a university professor on the subject. On the other hand, I kind of like pedantry, I feel like you have a pretty decent grasp of the topic, and common usage does seem more in line with your view on the matter, so I think I am inclined to accept your general position. Thanks.

[nate1983]

[rainman3277]