Public law
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Public law is a theoretical category subsuming all law governing the relationship between individuals (citizens, companies) and the state. Within the concept, public law can be further divided into constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law. The opposite of public law is private law, governing relations between individual persons, natural or legal. This distinction has arisen in civil law countries.
This theory is at odds with the concept of constitutional law, which requires all laws to be specifically enabled, and thereby sub-divisions, of a constitution.
A completely different concept is the distinciton between a public law (or a public act) that applies to public at large, and a private law (or a private act) that concerns individual company or individual (see also Act of Congress).
