Переведите текст. the law of torts. the law of “tort” is essentially the law of injuries and remedies for those injuries. torts can thus include assault, battery, false imprisonment, negligence, invasion of privacy, defamation, fraud, trespass and other wrongs. some of these wrongs may be both civil and criminal in nature. a battery, for example, may be prosecuted by the state as a violation of the criminal statutes. the offender may be sentenced to prison and be ordered to pay a fine to the state. in some cases, he may also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim. however, the battery may also be a civil tort as well. the victim (the plaintiff) may sue in civil court for the tort of battery. if the plaintiff is successful, the defender will be ordered to pay compensatory damages (to compensate for the injury) and punitive damages (to punish the defendant far having caused the act). in the united states, it is commonly believed that courts will enter punitive damages in an amount that is roughly three times the size of the compensatory damages (which are sometimes called the “special damages” by plaintiff’s lawyers).thus, the essential purpose of the law of torts is compensatory and, though punitive damages may occasionally be awarded, its function is distinct from that of criminal law. criminal law is essentially punitive and an injured party is not awarded compensation in the criminal proceedings.
