Study civil law and how it resolves disputes between individuals.
The body of law that deals with disputes between individuals or organizations.
The standard of proof required in civil cases.
The legal responsibility for harm or injury caused by a wrongful act.
The process by which one party sues another in court.
A legal remedy in which the court orders a party to perform a specific act.
The concept of civil wrongs such as negligence, defamation, battery.
The monetary amount awarded to an individual in reimbursement for loss or injury.
Monetary compensation awarded in excess of ordinary damages, as a form of punishment for egregiou...
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The body of law that deals with disputes between individuals or organizations.
Civil Law
The standard of proof required in civil cases.
Preponderance of the Evidence
The legal responsibility for harm or injury caused by a wrongful act.
Liability
The process by which one party sues another in court.
Litigation
A legal remedy in which the court orders a party to perform a specific act.
Injunction
The concept of civil wrongs such as negligence, defamation, battery.
Torts
The monetary amount awarded to an individual in reimbursement for loss or injury.
Compensatory Damages
Monetary compensation awarded in excess of ordinary damages, as a form of punishment for egregious conduct.
Punitive Damages
A legal cause of action in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties.
Breach of Contract
Legally binding agreements between parties which, if breached, result in civil law suits.
Contracts
Part of civil law dealing with domestic relations and matters including marriage, divorce, adoption, child custody, etc.
Family Law
The area of civil law that governs ownership rights in property.
Property Law
The process of gathering evidence in a lawsuit.
Discovery
An agreement reached before a court decides a matter, effectively ending the litigation.
Settlement
A lawsuit in which a group of people with the same or similar injuries caused by the same product or action sue the defendant as a group.
Class Action Lawsuit
A dispute resolution process in which a neutral third-party facilitates a resolution between disagreeing parties.
Mediation
A dispute resolution process similar to a trial in court but usually less formal. Decisions made by arbitrator(s) can be binding.
Arbitration
The legal responsibility for damages, or injury, even if the person found strictly liable was not at fault or negligent.
Strict Liability
A landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
The process by which a case is brought from a lower court to a higher court for review of the lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect.
Appeals
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