| Foreword to the seventh edition |
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| Translator's Note |
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I The Legal Tradition, Areas of Law and Sources of Law |
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a Private Law - Public Law - Criminal Law |
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b Substantive and Adjective Law |
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c Relationship to European and International Law |
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b Decisions of the Courts |
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II Structure and Functioning of the Court System |
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1 General Structures and Principles |
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2 The Structure of the Court System |
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III Legal Education and Careers |
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IV Sources of Legal Information and Research Tools |
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29 | (3) |
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I History of Constitutional and Administrative Law |
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36 | (31) |
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a Concept, Nature and Function of the Constitution |
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b Territorial Applicability |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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b The Various Fundamental Rights |
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44 | (4) |
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3 Fundamental Constitutional Principles |
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b Constitutional state under the rule of law |
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50 | (1) |
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52 | (2) |
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a The President of the Federation |
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b The German Bundestag (Parliament) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (1) |
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e The Federal Constitutional Court |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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6 The Financial Constitution |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (1) |
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1 General Principles of Administrative Law |
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a Duties and Organisation of the Public Administration |
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b The Legal Forms of Administrative Action |
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70 | (2) |
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d Administrative Procedure |
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e State Liability and Rights to Compensation |
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2 Special Administrative Law |
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77 | (1) |
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b The Law of Communal Administration |
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c Public Construction Law |
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d The Law Relating to Foreigners and Asylum |
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85 | (2) |
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e Identity Documents and Residence Registration |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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h The Law Relating to Cultural Administration |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (2) |
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l Economic Administrative Law |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (2) |
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3 Administrative Procedural Law |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (37) |
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111 | (4) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (2) |
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II General Provisions of the Criminal Code |
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115 | (16) |
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2 Commission of an Act Corresponding to the Elements of a Crime |
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116 | (2) |
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3 Intention and Negligence |
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118 | (1) |
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4 Liability as a Principal and other Forms of Participation |
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118 | (1) |
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5 Completed Crimes and Attempts |
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119 | (2) |
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6 Illegality and Grounds of Justification |
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121 | (2) |
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7 Culpability (Mens Rea) and Factors Excluding a Culpable State of Mind |
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123 | (2) |
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8 Mistake in the Context of Criminal Law |
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125 | (2) |
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9 The System of Penalties |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (7) |
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IV The Law on Juvenile Offenders (Jugendstrafrecht) |
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138 | (2) |
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V The Law of Criminal Procedure |
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140 | (8) |
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148 | (105) |
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148 | (3) |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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II The Book of General Provisions of the Civil Code |
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1 Capacity to Have Rights and Duties |
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151 | (1) |
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2 Capacity to Perform Legal Acts |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (2) |
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5 Void and Voidable Declarations |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (1) |
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8 Standard Form Contracts |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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12 Limitation of Actions (Prescription) |
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164 | (1) |
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III The Law of Obligations |
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164 | (31) |
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1 General Provisions of the Law of Obligations |
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164 | (1) |
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b How Obligations Come Into Existence |
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165 | (1) |
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d The Content of Obligations |
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167 | (1) |
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cc) Obligations to supply ascertained goods and obligations to supply unascertained goods |
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dd Liability for the actions of third parties (Vicarious liability) |
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ee Contracts for the Benefit of a Third Party |
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ff Plurality of Creditors and Debtors |
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gg Assignment and novation |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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jj Contributory Negligence |
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e Irregularities in the Performance of a Contract (Mistake, Breach and Frustration) |
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aa) Impossibility of Performance (Frustration, and Certain Forms of Mistake and Breach) |
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bb Failure to Perform Within the Prescribed Time (Mora) |
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cc Pre-Contractual Liability (Culpa in Contrahendo) |
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2 The Law of Obligations-Special Obligations |
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a Contracts Expressly Regulated by the Code |
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aa) Fundamental Principles |
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bb) Special Rules Protecting Private Consumers |
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176 | (2) |
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ee) Contracts of Lease, Hire, Loan and Loan for Consumption |
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ff) The Contract of Service and the Contract for Specific Services |
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gg) Other Types of Contract |
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b Necessitous Intervention (Negotiorum Gestio) |
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182 | (2) |
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c Unjustified Enrichment (Restitution) |
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184 | (4) |
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d Law of Torts (Delict) and Strict Liability |
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188 | (1) |
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bb The Main Basis of Liability in Tort |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (1) |
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ee Mandatory and Prohibitory Injunctions |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (2) |
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IV The Law of Things (Law of Property) |
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195 | (8) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (4) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (11) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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b Rights and Duties Arising From Marriage |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (2) |
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4 The Registered Partnership for Life |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (2) |
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6 Relationship, Adoption, Guardianship and Similar Topics |
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a Relationship by Consanguinity (Blood) and by Affinity (Marriage) |
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212 | (1) |
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c Guardianship, Custodianship, and Curatorship for Specific Matters |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (7) |
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214 | (1) |
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3 Deliberate Regulation of Succession (Including Wills) and Specific Gifts |
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4 Family Provision - The Minimum Claim of the Spouse and Blood Relatives |
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219 | (1) |
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5 The Position of the Heir (Beneficiary) |
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219 | (2) |
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VII Conflict of Laws (Private International Law) |
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221 | (2) |
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VIII Corporate and Commercial Law |
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223 | (9) |
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223 | (2) |
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2 Corporations and Other Forms of Joint Undertaking |
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225 | (1) |
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b Aktiengesellschaft (AG) |
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227 | (2) |
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c Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung (GmbH) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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e Gesellschaft burgerlichen Rechts |
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f Offene Handelsgesellschaft |
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231 | (1) |
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g Kommanditgesellschaft and Related Forms |
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IX Negotiable Instruments and Securities |
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232 | (2) |
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X Competition Law and the Protection of Intellectual Property |
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234 | (3) |
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234 | (2) |
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2 Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Practices |
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236 | (1) |
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3 Patents and Trade Marks |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (3) |
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XIII The Law of Insolvency |
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241 | (1) |
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XIV Procedure in Civil Litigation and Special Procedures in Miscellaneous Matters |
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242 | (11) |
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242 | (1) |
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2 The Course of Civil Proceedings |
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243 | (3) |
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3 Summary Proceedings for the Recovery of Liquidated Claims |
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246 | (1) |
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4 Model Declaratory Action |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (3) |
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6 Special Procedures In Family and Miscellaneous Matters (Freiwillige Gerichtsbarkeit) |
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