Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch

The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB) is the civil code of Germany. In development since 1881, it became effective on January 1 1900, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project.The BGB served as a template for the regulations of several other civil law jurisdictions, including mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Greece.
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civil code, code governing all legal and judicial matters pertaining to the conduct of a society