purposes of civil law

Question 1

what are the purposes of civil law?

Answer 1

• achieve social cohesion
• protect rights of individuals
• ensure people have the opportunity to resolve disputes
• provide mechanism to seek a remedy

Question 2

Achieve social cohesion

Answer 2

provide guidelines for acceptable behaviour

Question 3

protect rights of individuals

give example

Answer 3

1 example :
the right not to have your reputation tarnished by public lies

Question 4

ensure people have the opportunity to resolve disputes

give example

Answer 4

through actions in courts or tribunals

Question 5

provide mechanism to seek remedy

Answer 5

when a person’s rights have been infringed, civil law provides a way to return the harmed person, as far as possible, to the position they were in before the harm occurred.
The most common civil remedy is an amount of money paid as compensation (i.e. damages) to the plaintiff for the loss they suffered.