1. Discuss the difference between Civil and Criminal Law. Why is it possible for a defendant to be found innocent in a Criminal trial and guilty in a Civil trial for the same offense? 2. What types of jurisdiction must a court have in order to hear a case? 3. Highland Enterprises, Inc. agreed to build roads for Shearer Lumber to transport timber it purchased from the U.S. Forest Service. The Service issued an order restricting public access to the area where the roads were being built. A group of environmental protesters engaged in activities to slow the road construction and they were arrested. Billy Jo Barker and John Kreilick were buried in the road. Jennifer Prichard was chained to an access gate. Peter Leusch and Beatrix Jenness interfered with Highland's efforts to remove slash piles from the road. Boards with nails protruding and sharp-ended rebar were put in the road and construction equipment was damaged. Highland sued the protestors for intentional interference with economic advantage. Should it succeed? 4. Is it ethical for the law to impose liability retroactively? Should government force a person to pay for doing something that was legal and carried no penalty at the time it was done? CP splendid