Burgerlijk Wetboek (Netherlands)

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The Burgerlijk Wetboek (abbreviation BW ) is the civil code of the Netherlands . It was passed in 1838 and, apart from family law, was largely a translation of the Civil Code , but differed in its systematic structure. In 1947, by decree of the Queen, Eduard Meijers was commissioned to draft a new civil code. It was passed by parliament in sections between 1970 and 1992 as Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek (NBW) . The NBW is based on extensive comparative legal studies, which is why Dutch private law now occupies its own position between the Romance and German legal circles , some elements of which have been adopted, as well as from English common law .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hannes Rösler: Comparative law as an instrument of knowledge in science, practice and training . In: JuS 1999, p. 1084 (1088).