The Swiss

Civil Code A civil code is a codification of private law relating to property law, property, family law, family, and law of obligations, obligations. A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of civil procedure. In some jurisdiction ...

(SR/RS 210, ; ; ; ) is a portion of the second part (SR/RS 2) of the internal Swiss law ("Private law - Administration of civil justice - Enforcement") that regulates the

codified law In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law. Codification is one of the defining features for most civil law jur ...

ruling in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

and relationship between individuals. It was first adopted in 1907 (effective since 1 January 1912). It was largely influenced by the

German civil code German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, and partly influenced by the

French civil code The Napoleonic Code (), officially the Civil Code of the French (; simply referred to as ), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since it ...

, but the majority of

comparative law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law and legal systems of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal systems (or "families") in existence around the world, includ ...

scholars (such as K. Zweigert and

Rodolfo Sacco Rodolfo Sacco (21 November 1923 – 21 March 2022) was an Italian legal scholar. Biography Born in Fossano, Italy, he was professor emeritus at the University of Turin, Faculty of Law. He is arguably one of the country's best known legal schola ...

) argue that the Swiss code derives from a distinct paradigm of civil law.

History and influences

Adopted on 10 December 1907 (and is thus formally known as the ''Swiss Civil Code of 10 December 1907''), and in force since 1912. It was created by

Eugen Huber Eugen Huber (July 31, 1849 – April 23, 1923) was a Swiss jurist and the creator of the Zivilgesetzbuch, Swiss Civil code of 1907. Biography Huber was born in Swiss Canton of Zürich on July 31, 1849. His father was a physician. At the Univer ...

, it was subsequently translated in the two other national languages (at the time Romansh was not official) by

Virgile Rossel Virgile Rossel (19 March 1858 – 29 May 1933) was a Switzerland, Swiss jurist, politician and writer. He was President of the National Council of Switzerland, Swiss National Council in 1909/1910 and President of the Federal Supreme Court of ...

and Brenno Bertoni for French and Italian, respectively. The Civil code of the Republic of Turkey is a slightly modified version of the Swiss code, adopted in 1926 during

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

's presidency as part of the government's

progressive reforms Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human so ...

and secularization. The Swiss code also influenced the codes of several other states, such as

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. In 1911, the

Swiss Code of Obligations The Swiss Code of Obligations (SR/RS 22, ; ; ; ), the 5th part of the Swiss Civil Code, Swiss civil code, is a Federal act (Switzerland), federal law that regulates contract law and joint-stock company, joint-stock companies ( or S.A. (corporati ...

(SR 22) was adopted and considered as the fifth part of the Swiss Civil Code. It thus became the first civil code to include commercial law.

Content

The Swiss Civil Code contains more than two thousands articles. Its first article states that:

References

External links

*
Bernhard Schnyder, "Code civil (CC)" in ''Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse'', 02/08/2005.
* English semi-official translation:

(Swiss Civil Code: persons, family, succession, property)

(Code of Obligations) Law of Switzerland Civil codes {{switzerland-stub

History and influences

Content

See also

References

External links