Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch

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ABGB from 1811,
Museum of Military History, Vienna

The General civil code (

First World War. ABGB continues to be the basic civil code of Austria to this day and it is also still the basic civil code of Liechtenstein. The ABGB was widely received. Besides Austria, its influence persists in other successor states of Austria-Hungary. In the Czech part of Czechoslovakia (the Slovak part used Hungarian customary law) it was in effect until 1951, although it had been novelized multiple times, until it was replaced by the civil code from 1950. In southern Poland it was partially in effect until the end of 1946. In Bosnia and Herzegovina
it was partially introduced after 1878, and some parts are still in use, even after this country's independence.

References

  1. ^ "ÖNB-ALEX - Justizgesetzsammlung". alex.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

Further reading

  • Eschig, Peter (2021). Das österreichische ABGB - The Austrian Civil Code (2nd ed.). LexisNexis ARD ORAC. .

External links

  • RIS – online access to the current version of the ABGB