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The law of Germany (German: Recht Deutschlands), that being the modern German legal system (German: deutsches Rechtssystem), is a system of civil law which is founded on the principles laid out by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, though many of the most important laws, for example most regulations of the civil code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, or BGB) were developed prior to ...
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany [1] (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.. The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May.
The German system thus mirrors the English common law differentiation between in rem rights and in personam rights. The Chilean Civil Code , which came into force on 1 January 1857, also makes this differentiation between the titles and the actual acquisition of property, similarly to the Roman Law .
Rights under the German constitution can also be divided between universal fundamental rights (Jedermann-Grundrechte), which are afforded to everyone, and German fundamental rights (Staatsbürgerrechte or Deutschenrechte), to which only Germans are entitled. The reason for the separation is largely due to democratic will and the protection of ...
The Manual of German Law is a two-volume work whose purpose, according to its Preface (2nd edition, 1968 & 1971), 'is to assist those who in the course of their legal practice require information on elementary aspects of German law.'
The German Penal Code is divided into two main parts: General Part (Allgemeiner Teil): in which general issues are arranged, for example: Area of the law's validity; Law-related definitions; Capacity to be adjudged guilty; Perpetration and incitement or accessoryship; Necessary defence; General provisions for punishments (fines and imprisonment)
The Basic Law does not bind citizens but it binds the lawmakers in creating private law and the judiciary in interpreting it. 2021 1 BvR 2656/18, 1 BvR 78/20, 1 BvR 96/20, 1 BvR 288/20 [29] (Klimaschutz) In 2019 the German federal government implemented the Climate Protection Act, to transpose the Paris Agreement into German law.
Full text of the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (in English, unofficial translation) Translations of the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish; translated by the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law) Section 153f of the German Criminal Procedural Code (in English)