Civil cases shall be accepted by civil courts and economic courts of people's courts at all levels (mainly grass-roots people's courts) in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the Civil Procedure Law. For civil cases, the court may, according to the need and possibility, send a circuit court to hear them on the spot. For simple (that is, the facts are clear, the plot is simple, and the dispute is not big) civil cases, summary procedures are applicable, and the plaintiff can file an oral lawsuit, and both parties can simultaneously go to the grass-roots court or the court dispatched by it to request the settlement of the dispute; You can summon the parties and witnesses in a simple way; It can be tried by a single judge.
There are essential differences between civil cases and criminal cases.
Different in nature. Civil cases are mainly disputes over civil rights and obligations, which are contradictions among the people. Criminal cases are crimes that endanger society, violate criminal law and should be punished, so the procedure of criminal procedure law is applicable. (2) The applicable substantive law is different. The substantive laws applicable to civil cases include civil law, marriage law and economic law. The applicable law in criminal cases is criminal law.