Astikos Kodikas

The Astikos Kodikas ( Greek Αστικός Κώδικας ), also Astikos Kodix ( Greek Αστικός Κώδιξ ), is the civil code of Greece .

history

The Astikos Kodikas was announced in 1940 and did not come into force until February 23, 1946 due to the turmoil of World War II .

Until then, the Roman - Byzantine law, summarized in the form of the six-volume Exavivlos ( Hexabiblos ) , essentially applied in Greece . It was adopted by royal decree in 1835 as the first civil code of the modern Greek state. However, until the Astikos Kodix came into force, the Ionian Civil Code had been in effect on the Ionian Islands since 1841, the Sami Civil Code on Samos since 199, and the Cretan Civil Code on Crete since 1904.

The Astikos Kodikas is based on the German Civil Code both in its structure in 5 books and in many detailed questions . This goes back to the influence of German professors under Otto I , who read Pandektenrecht at the University of Athens (including Georg Ludwig von Maurer ). In addition, the influence of the Swiss Civil Code is not difficult to see.