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The German Schuldrechtsmodernisierung and the New Dutch Civil Code: A Study in Parallel

Jan M. Smits
Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute of Comparative and Transnational Law (TICOM); University of Helsinki - Center of Excellence in Foundations of European Law and Polity

TICOM Working Paper on Comparative and Transnational Law No. 2008/7
SCHULDRECHTSMODERNISIERUNG UND EUROPÄISCHES VERTRAGSRECHT, Oliver Remien, ed., pp. 117-131, Tübingen 2008

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Both the Netherlands and Germany have recently introduced important reforms of their law of obligations. In the Netherlands, the new Civil Code of 1992 reformed the existing private law entirely, while Germany revised its law of obligations extensively in 2002. Both reforms were partly driven by similar motives. This contribution offers a comparison between these two reforms by considering five different points: the motives for re-codification in both countries, the unitary concept of breach of a duty, the right to a second chance to perform, prescription of claims for damages in case of personal injury and the way in which European directives are implemented in German and Dutch private law.

Keywords: Law of obligations, reform, Dutch Civil Code, BGB

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Date posted: August 21, 2008 ; Last revised: August 27, 2008

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Smits, Jan M., The German Schuldrechtsmodernisierung and the New Dutch Civil Code: A Study in Parallel (August 20, 2008). SCHULDRECHTSMODERNISIERUNG UND EUROPÄISCHES VERTRAGSRECHT, Oliver Remien, ed., pp. 117-131, Tübingen 2008; SCHULDRECHTSMODERNISIERUNG UND EUROPÄISCHES VERTRAGSRECHT, Oliver Remien, ed., pp. 117-131, Tübingen 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1240562

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Jan M. Smits (Contact Author) Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute of Comparative and Transnational Law (TICOM) ( email ) P.O. Box 90153 NL-5000 LE Tilburg Netherlands HOME PAGE: http://www.jansmits.eu
University of Helsinki - Center of Excellence in Foundations of European Law and Polity ( email ) Porthania P.O. Box 4 Helsinki FIN-00014 Finland HOME PAGE: http://www.helsinki.fi/katti/foundations

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Date posted: August 21, 2008 ; Last revised: August 27, 2008

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Jan M. Smits (Contact Author)