II. Complete the open dialogue and learn it by heart

B.
O. As a matter of fact every society that has ever existed has recognized the need for law.
B.
O. Strictly speaking these laws may have been unwritten, but even primitive people had rules to regulate the conduct of the group.
B.
O. As far as I know law may be classified in various ways. The four main divisions are as follows: Criminal Law and Civil Law, Public Law and Private Law, Substantive Law and Procedural Law, Municipal Law and Public International Law.
B.
O. On the contrary, Criminal Law is that part of the law which characterizes certain kinds of wrongdoings as offences against the State, not necessarily violating any private right, and punishable by the State.
B.
O. I don't think so. Private citizens may legally enforce the criminal law by beginning proceedings themselves, but, except in minor cases of common assault, rarely do so in practice.
B.
O. In my opinion Civil Law is concerned with the rights and duties of individuals towards each other.
B.
O. As far as I am concerned the main distinction of civil law from criminal law is that in civil law the legal action is begun by the private citizen to establish rights against another citizen or group of citizens, whereas criminal law is enforced on behalf of or in the name of the State.

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