Question

Read the statement below and choose whether the situation described is dealing with criminal law or civil law:

Mrs. Mann owns a beauty shop and has a deal with a local soap distributor to supply her with soaps and lotions. She ordered and paid for several thousand dollars of soap. However, on the date of the first delivery, the soap distributor did not show up. Mrs. Mann has been unable to make contact with the distributor. She consults a lawyer to see about recouping the money she has lost.

О civil law
О criminal law

Answer 1

Answer: civil law

Step-by-step explanation:

Civil law is sometimes referred to as non criminal law. It's the law which relates to the settling disputes that occur between private citizens. It deals with the behavior which bring about an injury to the other private party e.g. defamation, breach of contract, property damage etc.

In this scenario, we can infer that this is a breach of contract as the soaps and lotions were not delivered on that particular day. Therefore, it's a civil law and not a criminal law.