HIST-1107EL Quiz: European Legal History
6 Dec 2020
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Unification of germany (1990) scared other countries stronger than before. Attempt to tie germany down in european structures maastricht treaty 1992 eu. Steps towards greater co-operation, e. g. single currency (january 1, 2002) Prominent idea of unified european law (primarily private law), some are scared of a centralized super state. Bigger constituency for a common private law. Encouragement of process of internationalization (postal service, energy, telecommunication, banking, insurance) In 1990s many pushed for a new european ius commune = european civil code = common private law for europe. Not easy/almost impossible to form a common civil code. Historical background of civil codes largely the same codification inspired by. Enlightenment & natural law (ideas of 17th/18th century, movement 18th/19th century) Majority of codes either come from the french code civil from 1804 or the german bgb of. This codification was not a radical break with older codification largely inspired by old law.
