Assignment:
"Tort Law and Police Powers" Answer the following:
- Specify the key differences between criminal law and tort law. Next, explain the common approaches that the judicial system takes in order to ensure that the public upholds these two (2) types of laws. Provide one (1) specific example of cases in which the judicial system applies these approaches to support your response.
- Discuss what the law actually IS that defines police powers in order to prevent the use of excessive force in making an arrest. Specifically, what are the remedies and rights of citizens and under what laws are police acts of misconduct prosecuted criminally and civilly?