Civil codes of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Habsburg and Czech lands, drafted by jurists of the pandect school and shaped by the German Civil Code of 1900 and its Swiss and Austrian counterparts. A code belongs here when its cited article describes a civil code of the German-speaking or Central European tradition. It excludes the French model codes and the Soviet and post-Soviet codes. Its members are best told apart from the Latin codes by their structure, a general part followed by the law of obligations, property, family and succession.
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Allgemeines b?rgerliches Gesetzbuch (Wikipedia)
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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 was published on 1 June 1811 and came into force on 1 January 1812.
Burgerliches Gesetzbuch (Wikipedia)
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'Civil Law Book'), abbreviated BGB, is the civil code of Germany, codifying most generally-applicably private law.
Czech Civil Code (Wikipedia)
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The Czech Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll., in Czech zákon č. 89/2012 Sb, Občanský zákoník or Nový občanský zákoník) was promulgated on 3 February 2012 and entered into force on 1 January 2014.
West Galician Code (Wikipedia)
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The West Galician code (also The civil code of Western Galicia, German: Westgalizisches Gesetzbuch, rarely, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch von Westgalizien) was a civil code created in the 18th century.
Swiss Civil Code (Wikipedia)
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The Swiss Civil Code (SR/RS 210, German: Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB); French: Code civil suisse (CC); Italian: Codice civile svizzero (CC); Romansh: Cudesch civil svizzer) is a portion of the second part (SR/RS 2) of the internal Swiss law ("Private law - Administration of civil justice - Enforcement") that regulates the codified law ruling in Switzerland and relationship between individuals.
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