1 / 15

Comparative Law Class 9

Comparative Law Class 9. German, Swiss, Austrian Civil Codes. Swiss Cantons. Swiss Politics. Closest in the world to a direct democracy. Conflicts.

andrew
Download Presentation

Comparative Law Class 9

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Comparative Law Class 9 German, Swiss, Austrian Civil Codes

  2. Swiss Cantons

  3. Swiss Politics • Closest in the world to a direct democracy

  4. Conflicts • “A legal system is bound to suffer when preliminary questions regarding the area of validity of laws and rules regarding their application bulk much larger than substantive law.” Egger (CB p. 169)

  5. Swiss Civil Code • Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (adopted 1907 – came into effect 1912) • Eugen Huber

  6. Compare: German and Swiss Civil Codes • Language • Style • Structure • Completeness of Rules

  7. Gaps • ZGB art. 1 par. 2 and 3 • If no relevant provision can be found in a statute, the judge must decide in accordance with the customary law and, in its absence, in accordance with the rule which he would, were he the legislator, adopt. In doing so he must pay attention to accepted doctrine and tradition.

  8. Influence/Reception of Swiss ZGB

  9. Influence/Reception of Swiss ZGB • Turkey – Swiss Code brought into force almost word for word as Turkish Civil Code in 1926 after Ataturk created Republic of Turkey. • Why did this happen? • What difficulties resulted?

  10. Austria • Federal Republic

  11. Austrian politics • President: Heinz Fischer (Social Democratic Party SPÖ)

  12. Austrian Civil Code • Austrian General Civil Code Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) of 1811

  13. Empress Maria Theresa • Codex Theresianus 176 • Josephian Code 1787

  14. Underlying Principles • On what underlying principles is this code based? • Did social conditions in Austria in the nineteenth century comport with these principles?

  15. Compare ABGB with BGB and French Civil Code • Structure • Length • Completeness • Effect Abroad

More Related