Substantive and Procedural Law
Criminal and Civil Procedure
Tomáš Vojtíšek, 25. 10. 2010

SUBSTANTIVE LAW
•The part of law which creates, defines, and regulates rights and duties of parties
•e.g. contract law, criminal law, tort law, …

PROCEDURAL LAW
•That which prescribes the method of enforcing rights rights or obtaining redress for their
invasion, machinery for carrying on procedural aspects of civil or criminal action
•e.g. Rules of Civil, Criminal, and Appellate procedure

SUBSTANTIVE LAW
X
 PROCEDURAL LAW
WHAT?
HOW?
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (UK)
Prosecutor
Defenendant
Magistrates´court (Crown Court)
…beyond all reasonable doubt…
GUILTY E CONVICTION E PUNISHMENT
NOT GUILTY E ACQUITTAL
prosecutes
CEN266c66_vezeni

CIVIL PROCEDURE (UK)
Plaintiff
Petitioner
Defenendant
Respondent
County court (High Court)
…on the balance of probabilities…
ORDER awarding damages
to act
refrain from acting
application
sues = žaluje

CITATION – Criminal case
•Reg. v. Whomever [… v:i …]
•Rex v. Whomever
•R. v. Whomever
•Whomever (textbooks on criminal law)
in court: „The King or The Queen against Whomever“

CITATION – Civil case
•Rylands v. Fletcher [… „and“ …]
•Whomever v. The Queen
•
•„Lawyers write one thing and say another“

Thanks for your attention!
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Chromá M.: New Introduction to Legal English, 2009