2002 · Civil codes
German reform of the law of obligations (Schuldrechtsmodernisierung)
Germany
A major reform of the German Civil Code that rewrote the rules on breach of contract, limitation periods and sales to consumers.
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It shows a code a century old being updated to take in ideas from international law, such as a single concept of breach of duty.
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