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== The difference between Criminal and Civil Law == | == The difference between Criminal and Civil Law == | ||
This is an important distinction to make. In the real world, criminal law is everything that you will get sued over by the state, such as murder. Civil law is everything that you get sued over by a private party, for instance slander. On the station this | This is an important distinction to make. In the real world, criminal law is everything that you will get sued over by the state, such as murder. Civil law is everything that you get sued over by a private party, for instance slander. On the station this translates as follows: | ||
'''Criminal Law:''' Everything that is explicitly against [[Space Law]]. These cases are prepared for entirely in-house by the Security and Command departments, and typically involve crimes against the crew, the station or [[Nanotrasen]] itself. | '''Criminal Law:''' Everything that is explicitly against [[Space Law]]. These cases are prepared for entirely in-house by the Security and Command departments, and typically involve crimes against the crew, the station or [[Nanotrasen]] itself. | ||