Key German Statute in English
am 06.09.2006 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - 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 Generals office introduces the code and explains its significance in German law. The Civil Code is a key statute in Germany that …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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...…
Translation of Code Withdrawn
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / EE - Washington. After posting the German Civil Code in English on September 6, the Department of Justice in Berlin has withdrawn the translation from their website. A notification on the departments website cites flaws in the translation as …
BMJ veröffentlicht BGB auf Englisch
LAWgical / Das BMJ bietet neuestem über sein Bundesrechtsportal eine englische Übersetzung des BGB an. Kleiner Schönheitsfehler: Das Inhaltsverzeichnis ist nicht mit den einzelnen Normen verlinkt und sämtliche Paragrafen sind in einem einzigen riesigen…
German Civil Code in English / BGB auf Englisch online
blat.antville: Simons Blawg / Follow this Link to the Website of the Bundesjustizministerium; for further sources and of German Law in German and English language see this Link-Collection at Simons Blawg. Via Margaret Marks - there you will find also more information about the b…
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…
Bad Luck for Investors
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / TS - Washington. Since 2004, the prosecutors of Bavaria, the largest state of Germany, have closed several criminal investigations of investment fraud on the basis of the statute of limitations contained within the Bavarian press statute, Art.…
No Refund for Speed Trap Detectors
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / JN - Marl. The purchase of radar detectors designed to avoid speed traps is immoral pursuant to §138(1) BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Civil Code), the German Supreme Court ruled on February 23, 2005, Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), docket n…
Liability for Related Contracts
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The owner of a remotely sited house ordered from one company the installation of a power and heat plant, and from another company a heating system that draws on the plant. When the building is not properly heated, the owner r…
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…
Corporate Registration Controls
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The laws of the jurisdiction where a corporation is formed control the companys operations under a bill submitted to the Berlin diet on January 7, 2008, Brigitte Zypries, the federal attorney general, reported in a press rele…
Combat Computer Crime
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A bill to combat computer crime is available for download from the Attorney Generals office in Berlin. A press release of September 20, 2006 explains that the bill closed the last loopholes for crackers in the German Criminal…
Access to Data at ISP
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Piercing the layers of personal data protection in Germany, and much of the European Union, depends on the statute that applies to the origin, type and location of data. Generally, the law of personal information is person-cen…
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