Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch

The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German: [ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçəs ɡəˈzɛtsbuːx] ⓘ, lit. 'Civil Law Book'), abbreviated BGB, is the <a href="/facts/Civil_code/aRH3U7VC">civil code</a> of <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>, <a href="/facts/Codification_(law)/LVcXpbPU">codifying</a> most generally-applicably <a href="/facts/Private_law/yebQ7Ggk">private law</a>. In development since 1881, it became effective on 1 January 1900, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project.
The BGB served as a template in several other <a href="/facts/Civil_law_(legal_system)/R878oQ6V">civil law</a> jurisdictions, including <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">Korea</a>, the <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a>, <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a>, <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonia</a>, <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a> and <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a>. It also had a major influence on the 1907 <a href="/facts/Swiss_Civil_Code/1A5HetBM">Swiss Civil Code</a>, the 1942 <a href="/facts/Italian_Civil_Code/8Agy1dGz">Italian Civil Code</a>, the 1966 <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Civil_Code/rp3Kk8R2">Portuguese Civil Code</a>, and the 1992 reformed <a href="/facts/Burgerlijk_Wetboek/tB0kj8mN">Dutch Civil Code</a>.

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Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch