Private law

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  • The branch of law dealing with such aspects of relationships between individuals that are of no direct concern to the state.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations (as it is called in civil legal systems). It is to be distinguished from public law, which deals with relationships between both natural and artificial persons (i.e., organizations) and the state, including regulatory statutes, penal law and other law that affects the public order. In general terms, private law involves interactions between private individuals, whereas public law involves interrelations between the state and the general population.

    私法(しほう、羅: ius privatum、仏: droit privé、英: private law)とは、私人間の関係を規律する法。民事実体法ともいう。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Private_law)