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The U.S. justice system includes many types of law, such as property law, contract law, tort law, and administrative law. These examples all fall under the broad heading of civil law. Civil law generally governs the affairs between private parties. For example, civil law decides the fault in a car accident and interprets the terms of a contract in a dispute. For a law to be considered criminal, on the other hand, it must contain certain elements and characteristics, which I explain in this section.