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jc611

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Three types of public laws are:
 
  a. constitutional, governmental, and criminal
  b. criminal, constitutional, and administrative
  c. criminal, tort, and administrative
  d. administrative, governmental, and civil

Question 2

Assault differs from battery in that it:
 
  a. is the act instead of the threat of the act being done without permission
  b. is the threat instead of the actual act itself being done without permission
  c. concerns being offensive without permission
  d. concerns the thought without the act or threat



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Answer to Question 1

B
Public law defines a citizen's relationship with the government. Three examples of these types of laws are: 1) criminal (deals with the actions of individuals that intentionally do harm to others), 2) constitutional (works from a constitution of basic laws specifying powers of parts of the government), and 3) administrative (protection of the rights of citizens).

Answer to Question 2

B
Assault concerns the threat to touch (or treat) another person without his permission. Battery occurs through the actual act of touching (or treating) another person without his permission.



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