law, national law and international law, substantive law and procedural law. Islamic law is also another branch of law National law is a municipal law or a state law. It is operative within a particular state and involve the relationship between citizens in a country. International law on the other hand is composed of principles and rules of conduct which State feel themselves bound to observe. It may be divided into two groups. Firstly, the Public International Law where the law that prevails between States and governs mutual relationship of States. It dealt with in the International Court of Justice in ague, olland. For e!ample , the dispute revolving Sipadan and Ligitan Islands in Sabah. Secondly, the Private International Law which is also called "conflict of laws#. Its rules are primarily concerned with determining what system of state law should properly be applied by our courts in cases which contain some "foreign# element such as cases regarding family matters which parents of different nationalities claims custody of their children. Public law involves an individual against the state. $here are two types of law under public law which are constitutional law and criminal law . Constitutional law lays down the rights of individuals in the State. It regulates the functioning of organs of the central government. In addition, criminal law codifies the various offenses committed by individuals against the State. Private law or also %nown as civil law concerned with matters that affect the rights and duties of individuals among themselves. It is the branches of law which govern private obligations for instance, the law of contract and law of property. Furthermore, Criminal law is a law which characterizes certain %inds of wrongdoings as offenses against the State. It is not necessarily violating any private right, and punishable by the State. Crime is defined as an act of disobedience of the law forbidden under pain of punishment. $he function of criminal law is to punish the offender by way of imprisonment, fine and&or caning. $he police are the public servants whose duty is the prevention and detection of crime and prosecution of offenders before the courts of law. 'esides that, Civil Law involves with the rights and duties of individuals towards each other. It includes law of contract, law of tort, law of property, law of succession and family law. $he function is to provide remedies to the aggrieved party, in the form of damages, specific performance, in(unction and )uantum meruit. *oreover, Substantive Law concerns with the rights, duties, liberties and powers of individuals. It is the legal rules and principles, which guide the courts in decision+ma%ings. $he Procedural Law involves procedures and evidences in the enforcement or rights and duties. It lays down the rules governing the manner in which a right is enforced under civil law, or a crime prosecuted under the criminal law. ,rocedural law governs the steps in the progress of the civil legal action or criminal prosecution. For e!ample, the Criminal ,rocedure Code and the Civil ,rocedure Code. $he dispute between Lisahani and -yu .nterprise concerns the private law as the problems that they faced only concerns the private law as the problems that they faced only concern the matters that affect the rights and duties of individuals among themselves. In this suit, Lisahani that suffer inflammation and rashes after using the cosmetic product by the company can ta%e legal action towards -yu .nterprise which is owned by /atin Senah due to the breach duty of care. $he case can also be classified under civil law as it concerns disputes between individual and individual i.e. between Lisahani and -yu .nterprise. Similar to the ob(ective of private law, civil law that is involved in this case also aims to provide remedies to the aggrieved party which is Lisahani in this case. Sazali, Lisahani0s husband on the other hand has the rights of action against /ato0 *izal. e could claim for damages due to the negligence of /ato0 *izal to ensure the safety of the cosmetic product. $he suit falls under the category of private law and civil law as the private law and civil law aim to give compensation to the person in(ured which is in this case is Lisahani, Sazali0s wife. 1n top of that , /ato0 *izal can also claim for damages from Sazali because his conduct of hitting him with a chair can be charged as battery which is a trespass to a person . $his suit can falls under the category of private law and civil law as it concerns with the rights and duties of an individual towards each other. owever, the act of Sazali to hit /ato0 *izal with a chair would cause an action be ta%en against him under the criminal law and thus criminal law falls under public law as the case involves the relationship between an individual and the state. $he act is a crime and falls under public law as it is a wrong against the State for which punishment is imposed by the State and the proceeding is brought by the ,ublic ,rosecutor. $he function of criminal law is to punish the offender which is Sazali in this case. $he dispute between Lisahani and ,asti La%u ,roduction, a company from Indonesia involves an international company, therefore, international law is involved. $his dispute involve private international law as the problems that they faced only concern matters that affect the rights and duties of individuals amongst themselves. Lisahani can file a legal action against ,asti La%u ,roduction due to the breach of contract which also falls under the civil law when they failed to fulfill their promise to pay a sum of 2* 34,444 as a bonus for her. Since all the disputes and problems occured in *alaysia, therefore, the national law is involved. $he national law is also %nown as municipal law or the law operative within a particular state. Lisahani0s right against -yu .nterprise and ,asti La%u ,roduction, /ato0 *izal rights against Sazali and vice versa and the crime committed by Sazali concerns the substantive law. $he substantive law provides the legal rules and principles which guide the courts in decision+ma%ing. In pursuing the case in the court, all the parties in the fact situation above must be observe certain procedures. $herefore, the procedural law is involved in these cases. $he Civil ,rocedure Code outlines the procedures in the civil cases in the fact situation above. $he Criminal ,rocedure Code lays the procedures for the ,ublic ,rosecutor to bring Sazali to court after being reported by /ato0 *izal.