Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code ; Code civil suisse ; Codice civile svizzero is a portion of the second part of the internal Swiss law that regulates the codified law ruling in Switzerland and relationship between individuals. It was first adopted in 1907.
It was largely influenced by the German civil code, and partly influenced by the French civil code, but the majority of comparative law scholars argue that the Swiss code derives from a distinct paradigm of civil law.History and influences
Adopted on 10 December 1907, and in force since 1912. It was created by Eugen Huber, it was subsequently translated in the two other national languages by Virgile Rossel 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's presidency as part of the government's progressive reforms and secularization. It also influenced the codes of several other states, such as Peru.
In 1911, the Swiss Code of Obligations 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:
