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The overarching goal of both is to maintain a free society. The more specific goal of Criminal Law is to protect society - so the crown will prosecute because a harm has been done to society. The goal of Civil Law is to protect people from wronging each other. The overarching goal of both is to maintain a free society. The more specific goal of Criminal Law is to protect society - so the crown will prosecute.
The Purposes of Criminal Law It is easy to think of criminal law as an instrument of oppression or at least of repression, a matter of the might of the state pitted against the meagre resources of the offender. Not always, but often. These appearances reflect a fair proportion of the reality. But there is a lot more to the reality than that.