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>violation of another law (i.e. common trespass and/or contract breach) I thought breaching a contract was not a violation of the law. There will be civil con
by rileymat2 11y ago
>violation of another law (i.e. common trespass and/or contract breach)
I thought breaching a contract was not a violation of the law. There will be civil consequences of course.
- tamana 11y agoCivil law is law.
- pc86 11y agoBreaching a contract does not make you a criminal.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThat doesn't mean it is not a violation of law, it means that it is not a crime. Crimes are subset of violations of law (specifically, they are violations of criminal law.) Violations of contract law, or tort law, etc., are still violations of law, but not crimes. "X doesn't make you a criminal" is not equivalent to, nor does it imply, "X is not a violation of law."
- cyphar 11y agoIt is technically correct to say "breach of contract is not a crime". But it isn't correct to say that "breach of contract is not illegal".
- vinceguidry 11y agoYes, but a contract isn't.
- dragonwriter 11y agoBut contract law, which sets the rules for what is a contract, the conditions under which one is required to adhere to them (and the conditions in which one is not), and established remedies for when one does not adhere to them when legally required to do, is (as the name suggests) law.
- cyphar 11y agoContracts are part of contract law, which the name suggests is a law. Of course contracts are legally binding documents, and a breach of contract is a violation of contract law (which is a civil, not criminal, offense).
- otterley 11y agoWhether a law was violated is a different question than what the remedies or penalties are from its violation. You have to establish the first before the second can even be contemplated by the court.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> I thought breaching a contract was not a violation of the law. Breaching a contract is a violation of law (specifically, the subset known as contract law.) > There will be civil consequences of course. "Civil consequences" require a violation of the law. Obviously, they don't require a violation of criminal law, but criminal law isn't the whole of the law.