• The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German: [ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçəs ɡəˈzɛtsbuːx] , lit. 'Civil Law Book'), abbreviated BGB, is the civil code of Germany, codifying most...
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    The General civil code (German: Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch or ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, which after about 40 years of preparatory work...
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  • Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) on January 1, 1900. Prussian Allgemeines Landrecht (ALR) Napoleonic Code Austrian Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB)...
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    also designated as "the special private law for merchants". The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) (English Civil Code) is only subsidiary applied to merchants...
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    handwritten and signed by the testator; section 578 of the Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Austrian Civil Code) does not require the date or place of composition...
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    Galicia in 1797). The final Austrian Civil Code (called Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, ABGB) was only completed in 1811 after the dissolution of the...
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  • German contract law is rooted in the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch), which went into effect on 1 January 1900. Reforms of the law since then...
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  • important laws, for example most regulations of the civil code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, or BGB) were developed prior to the 1949 constitution. It is composed...
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  • went into force in 1992) was heavily influenced by the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch. The primary law-making body is formed by the Dutch parliament...
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    S. Library of Congress. Section: Who is a Child?. "Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch" [General Civil Code] (PDF). Youth Policy (in German). 2001. "Legislation...
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    Austria Based on Roman and Germanic Civil law. The Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) of 1811. The ABGB is influenced both by Roman and Austrian...
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  • restricted under German law Section §21 of the German Civil Code or "Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch(BGB)" to being a "non-economic association" i.e. it may not carry...
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    Marriage in Germany is governed by the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch in sections 1297 to 1588 of the fourth book of the code as a branch of family law.[citation...
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  • civil code of Western Galicia, German: Westgalizisches Gesetzbuch, rarely — Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch von Westgalizien) was a civil code created in the 18th...
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    the Austrian civil code (Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) of 1812, the German civil code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) of 1900 and the Swiss codes. The European...
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    contemporary common law jurisdictions 4 Specific to the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch and other civil codes based on the pandectist tradition 5 Explicitly...
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    codified on the national level in the Strafgesetzbuch and the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch respectively. The German penal system seeks the rehabilitation...
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  • Republic of China were inspired by the German codified work, the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch. A very influential example in Europe was the French Napoleonic...
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    Germany. In 1896, Japan established a civil code based on the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, which remains in effect with post–World War II modifications....
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    contemporary common law jurisdictions 4 Specific to the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch and other civil codes based on the pandectist tradition 5 Explicitly...
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  • definitely was brought to an end with the codification of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) which came into force on January 1, 1900. The expression...
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    while in Schleswig, the Code of Jutland prevailed. In 1900, the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch replaced the Code in Schleswig, abeit with a number of exceptions...
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  • BGB may refer to: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, the civil code of Germany Border Guard Bangladesh, a paramilitary force responsible for Bangladesh's border...
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    civil codes. Of these, the French Napoleonic Code and the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch became the most influential. As opposed to English common law,...
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    contemporary common law jurisdictions 4 Specific to the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch and other civil codes based on the pandectist tradition 5 Explicitly...
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    Germany, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch "§ 311 Abs. II". dejure.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. "§ 105". dejure.org. Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch: Nichtigkeit...
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    commercial law. Another prominent civil code is the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch or BGB), which went into effect in the German empire in 1900. The...
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    January 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018. "49/A (XXV. GP) - Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Änderung". www.parlament.gv.at. Archived from the original on...
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    Napoleonic Code was influential until the introduction of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch in 1900 as the first common civil code for the entire German Empire...
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    Press and Radio). Anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch Strafgesetzbuch E., Steinweis, Alan (2013). Law in Nazi Germany...
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