German Civil Code

E28709
German statute civil code codification of private law legal code

The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German statute ⓘ
civil code ⓘ
codification of private law ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
abbreviation BGB ⓘ
administeredBy Judiciary of Germany ⓘ
surface form: German civil courts
appliesIn Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
citationStyle section symbol followed by number (e.g., § 823 BGB) ⓘ
codifies general principles of private law ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
effectiveDate 1900-01-01 ⓘ
enactmentDate 1896-08-18 ⓘ
governs breach of contract remedies ⓘ
divorce ⓘ
formation of contracts ⓘ
legal capacity of persons ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
ownership and possession ⓘ
parental custody ⓘ
performance of obligations ⓘ
succession to estates ⓘ
hasPart Family Law ⓘ
General Part ⓘ
Law of Obligations ⓘ
Property Law ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
surface form: Succession Law
hasSectionCountApprox over 2300 sections ⓘ
influenced Japanese Civil Code ⓘ
Swiss Civil Code ⓘ
civil codes in East Asia ⓘ
influencedBy Pandectist legal scholarship ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
isBasisFor many German private law court decisions ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalDomain civil law ⓘ
private law ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system ⓘ
nativeName German Civil Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
promulgatedBy German Empire ⓘ
regulates contract law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
law of obligations ⓘ
property law ⓘ
relatedTo German Commercial Code ⓘ
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Constitution (Grundgesetz)
subjectTo amendment by German legislature ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Body of Civil Law → influenced → German Civil Code ⓘ
Corpus Juris Civilis → influenced → German Civil Code ⓘ
Italian Civil Code → inspiredBy → German Civil Code ⓘ
German Civil Code → nativeName → German Civil Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch