Japan's Civil Code was drafted by a three-jurist committee, Hozumi Nobushige, Tomii Masaakira and Ume Kenjiro, after an earlier draft largely modeled on the French Civil Code was shelved in 1892 amid domestic controversy. The new committee's work was enacted in two stages: General Provisions, Real Rights and Claims in 1896, and Relatives and Inheritance in 1898. Structurally it followed the Pandekten system of the first 1887 draft of the German BGB, while retaining French influence in places and giving considerable weight to Japanese customary practice in family and inheritance law. It became an influential model for civil-law codification elsewhere in East Asia, particularly Korea and Taiwan.
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EraGeneral Provisions, Real Rights and Claims enacted 1896; Relatives and Inheritance enacted 1898 1 Promulgated ByDrafting committee of Hozumi Nobushige, Tomii Masaakira and Ume Kenjiro, under Japan's Codes Investigating Committee 2 Era
Era (category)19th Century (1800-1899) 1 Connections
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Japan's Civil Code followed the Pandekten system of the first 1887 draft of the German BGB.
Source Civil Code of Japan (Wikipedia)
The Civil Code of Japan is the defining private-law code of the Japanese legal system.
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Source Hozumi Nobushige (Wikipedia)
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1. Civil Code of Japan (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia- Date Enacted section
- Associated With: Burgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB), Section 3 of the National Diet Library exhibit
2. Hozumi Nobushige (Wikipedia)
WikipediaCivil Code Involvement section
Together with Ume Kenjiro and Tomii Masaaki, he was requested to draft Japan's Civil Code in 1898.
- Authored By: Hozumi Nobushige
Law of Japan (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Japanese Law
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