Generally speaking. Private law is the area of law in a soclefy that affects the relationships between lndividuals or groups without the lntervention of the state or government. In many cases the public/private law distinction is confounded by laws that regulate private relations whlle having been passed by legislative enactment. In some cases these public statutes are known as laws of public order, as private individuals do not have right to break them and any attempt to circumvent such laws is void as against public policy.