Civil law, as opposed to criminal law, is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals and/or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance, if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident, this will be a civil law case. Civil law courts provide a forum for deciding disputes involving torts (such as accidents, negligence, and libel), contract disputes, the probate of wills, trusts, property disputes, administrative law, commercial law, and any other private matters that involve private parties or organizations including government departments. The objectives of civil law are different from other types of law. In civil law there is the attempt to right a wrong, honor an agreement, or settle a dispute. If there is a victim, they get compensation, and the person who is the cause of the wrong pays, this being a civilized form of, or legal alternative to, revenge.
Boulder Junction is a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 958 at the 2000 census. The town's economy depends heavily on tourism, as do many towns in the surrounding lakeland area. Boulder Junction is also home to many summer camps, including Camp Manito-wish, boyhood summer camp of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, and Camp Red Arrow, the boyhood summer camp of Chris Farley. Boulder Junction holds a trademark as the "Musky Capital of the World," based on the fact that more muskies are caught per square mile than any other similar sized area of the world.