What is the essential difference between substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law?

Week 1 Questions

Week 1 Discussion: Criminal and Civil Law

1. What are the chief distinctions between the civil and criminal law?

2. Why do the criminal and civil law sometimes overlap?

Week 1 Discussion: Substantive and Procedural Criminal Law

1. What is the essential difference between substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law?

2. Provide examples of each?