Types of Civil Types of Civil LawLaw

Civil law touches Civil law touches nearly every phase nearly every phase of daily life – from of daily life – from buying a home to buying a home to getting marriedgetting married

Four TypesFour TypesContractsContractsPropertyPropertyFamily relationsFamily relationsTorts – Torts – civil wrongdoings civil wrongdoings

causing physical injury or causing physical injury or property damageproperty damage

ContractsContractsA contract is a set of A contract is a set of voluntary promises voluntary promises between parties who between parties who agree to do or not do agree to do or not do something and is something and is enforceable by the lawenforceable by the law

Entering ContractsEntering ContractsWe enter contracts We enter contracts when we join a health when we join a health club, buy or lease a club, buy or lease a car on credit, buy a car on credit, buy a cell phone plan, get cell phone plan, get married or agree to married or agree to do a job for someone.do a job for someone.

Types of ContractsTypes of Contracts

Expressed ContractsExpressed Contracts - -

terms are specifically terms are specifically stated by the stated by the parties, usually in parties, usually in writingwriting

Implied ContractsImplied Contracts – – the terms are not the terms are not expressly stated but expressly stated but can be inferred from can be inferred from the actions of the the actions of the people involved and people involved and the circumstancesthe circumstances

Property LawProperty Law

The use and ownership The use and ownership of property. The ability of property. The ability of individuals to own, of individuals to own, buy, and sell property.buy, and sell property.

Two Types of Property Two Types of Property

Real propertyReal property – land – land and whatever is and whatever is attached to or attached to or growing upon it growing upon it like houses or treeslike houses or trees

Two Types of PropertyTwo Types of PropertyPersonal propertyPersonal property – – anything movable anything movable like clothes/jewelry like clothes/jewelry or intangible like or intangible like stocks, bonds, stocks, bonds, copyright, or patentscopyright, or patents

Family LawFamily LawRelationships among Relationships among family members family members including marriage, including marriage, divorce, and child divorce, and child custodycustody

Types of Family LawTypes of Family LawMarriageMarriage – civil – civil ceremony (religious) ceremony (religious) and common lawand common law

Elder CareElder Care

Child Rearing/CustodyChild Rearing/Custody

DivorceDivorce

Torts or Civil WrongsTorts or Civil WrongsAny wrongful actAny wrongful act for for which an injured party which an injured party has the right to sue for has the right to sue for damages not including damages not including breach of contract. breach of contract. (a.k.a. negligence)(a.k.a. negligence)

Types of TortsTypes of TortsIntentional tortIntentional tort – – deliberate act that deliberate act that results in harm to a results in harm to a person or property likeperson or property like

assault and battery, assault and battery, defamation of character, defamation of character, or a practical joke gone or a practical joke gone badbad

Types of TortsTypes of TortsNegligence tortsNegligence torts – involves – involves careless or reckless careless or reckless behavior like breaking behavior like breaking someone’s window orsomeone’s window or

failing to clear a snowy/icy failing to clear a snowy/icy sidewalk and someone fallssidewalk and someone falls