Dutch Civil Code

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The Dutch Civil Code is the central body of private law in the Netherlands, governing areas such as contracts, property, family law, and obligations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch statute
civil code
codification of private law
appliesTo legal persons
natural persons
basedOn continental European civil law tradition
citationStyle article number preceded by book number
contains Book 10: Private international law NERFINISHED
Book 1: Law of persons and family law NERFINISHED
Book 2: Legal persons NERFINISHED
Book 3: Patrimonial law in general NERFINISHED
Book 4: Succession NERFINISHED
Book 5: Real property rights NERFINISHED
Book 6: General part of the law of obligations NERFINISHED
Book 7: Particular contracts NERFINISHED
Book 7A: Old special contracts NERFINISHED
Book 8: Transport law NERFINISHED
country Netherlands
governs formation of contracts
non-performance and remedies
ownership and limited real rights
performance of obligations
hasStructure books, titles, sections, articles
influencedBy Napoleonic Code NERFINISHED
inForceIn European Netherlands NERFINISHED
isCentralBodyOf Dutch private law
jurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
language Dutch
legalDomain civil law
private law
legalNature statutory law
legalSystem civil law system
nativeName Burgerlijk Wetboek NERFINISHED
partOf Dutch legal system NERFINISHED
regulates company law aspects
contract law
family law
law of obligations
property law
succession law
tort law
shortName BW NERFINISHED
subjectMatter civil relationships between private parties
companies and legal persons
foundations and associations
inheritance
marriage and divorce
obligations between parties
parental authority and custody
rights in rem

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Dutch law primarySource Dutch Civil Code
Dutch law hasCodification Dutch Civil Code
this entity surface form: Burgerlijk Wetboek (Dutch Civil Code)