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Lesson Three Comparing Civil and Criminal Law I. Discuss the following questions: 1. What are the two objectives of criminal law? 2. What is civil law concerned with? 3. What are the two main branches of civil law? 4. In terms of duties or obligations, what are the differences between contract law and tort law? 5. How many kinds of torts are mentioned in the text? What are they? What are the difference and relationship between them? 6. Are compensatory damagesand punitive damages the same in nature? Why or why not? Why are punitive damages seldom awarded? 7. Is it justified to say that a certain person can file a criminal charge against someone else? Why? II. Read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false: 1. As for criminal law, there is just one purpose: to prevent antisocial behavior. F 2. Prevention of bad behavior may be more the consequenceof civil law than the purpose. T 3. The primary purpose of civil law is the compensation of those injured by someone else’s behavior. T 4. A agreed to lease an apartment from a landlord for one year and A paid the rent for one year shortly after he moved in. Half a year later A moved out for unknown reasons, and then the landlord had the right to sue A for breach of contract. F 5. Negligent tort has occurred when one fails to act reasonably and unintentionally injury someone. T 6. Many intentional torts are also crimes and this is where civil law and criminal law has much in common. T 7. Criminal law is concerned with the immorality of an act while tort law is not. F III. Complete the sentences below using the words or phrases given: undesirable; nonconformity; monetary; compensation; liability; restitution; tortfeasor; battery; fraternity; damages 1. The m