Celebrating the Civil Code
am 27.11.2004 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - Washington. Several years after its precursor, the Code de Rohan, entered into force in then French-occupied Malta with its hybrid legal system, the famous Code Civil became the law of the land in France and an influence in other nations. At the time, Germany was splintered into numerous legal systems with a variety of codifications …
Abbreviations of German statutes/Gesetzesabkürzungen
Transblawg / Citing German legislation: BGB DE: (all references) BGB EN: (first reference) Civil Code [or German Civil Code] (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch - BGB) (second reference): either BGB or Civil Code (Some books on comparative law use the abbreviation CC f…
BILD on law/BILD-BGB
Transblawg / BILDblog corrects some legal advice given in BILD Zeitung, quoted as follows: Laut Artikel 195 des Bundesgesetzbuches (BGB) können Sie Fehler von Handwerkern bis zu drei Jahre nach der Dienstleistung geltend machen. Apart from the fact that …
Celebrating the Justice System
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Karlsruhe, the capital of the German judiciary, hosts the Supreme Constitutional Court, Bundesverfassungsgericht, the Supreme Court in Civil and Criminal Matters, Bundesgerichtshof and numerous other courts. Today, the city co…
German Civil Code translation into English/BGB ins Englische übersetzt
Transblawg / LAWgical reports that the German Civil Code is being translated into English, to appear online. All 5 books are to be translated into British English by autumn 2005 and appear online as part of the German Federal Ministry of Justice’s...…
200 Jahre Code Civil
Handakte WebLAWg / Am Freitag, den 26.11.2004, findet an der Universität des Saarlandes ein Kolloquium zum zweihundertjährigen Jubiläum des Code Civil statt. Beginn...…
German Civil Code in English/BGB auf Englisch online
Transblawg / The Bundesjustizministerium has put an English translation of the German Civil Code online. It was done by Langenscheidt Übersetzungsservice. The same provisos apply as in the last entry with reference to translations of the Criminal Code! I w…
BGB in Englisch / German Civil Code in English
Weblawg.de / Last butn´t least! Quelle: www.gesetze-im-internet.de ... German Civil Code now available in English The German Federal Ministry of Justice has commissioned a translation of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB), the civil code of Germany. The tra…
German Civil Code/BGB
Transblawg / I don’t think it’s a secret that the German Civil Code is untranslatable. Even Germans don’t understand the bare text. So why translate it? One group of users is German lawyers who want to send chunks to non-German-speaking clients …
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Handakte WebLAWg / Lawrence Lessig first published Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace in 1999. After five years in print and five years of changes in law, technology, and the context in which they reside, Code needs an update. But rather than do this alone, Professor Le…
Streitwert-Hitliste
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Key German Statute in English
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. As of September 6, 2006, the German Civil Code, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch is available in a government-sponsored English translation at www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb. A press release from the Berlin Attorney Gener…
Punitive damages / Strafschadensersatz
Transblawg / Professor Volker Behr wrote a paper in 2003 in which he said that the USA and Germany are moving closer together on the issue of punitive damages. The USA has always recognized both a compensatory and a punitive element in damages, but they are…
Code by Lawyers for Lawyers
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Not so fast--the German civil code may be available in a new, government-sponsored English translation but dont rely on it unless you are trained in that aspect of German law. Thats the warning renowned lawyer-translator Marg…
