A person who strikes another may well be apprehended and charged with criminal battery. If convicted, the striker could be fined or incarcerated and suffer other criminal sanctions. Tort law suggests that the same act of striking another may ALSO result in a civil action between the stricken plaintiff and the defendant-aggressor after which the defendant might be required to pay monetary compensation to the plaintiff for injuries, medical therapy or loss of income as a result of the aggression.

Discuss what public/social/legal policies are served by such a civil law system and whether such policies further justice or other values in modern American society.

Please note this is based on the subject of tort law.