Swiss Civil Code

{{Short description|Codified law ruling in Switzerland}}

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| document_name = Swiss Civil Code

| image = Swiss civil code 1907.jpg

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| caption = The first edition of the Swiss Civil Code, around 1907

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| title_orig = {{langx|de|Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)}}; {{langx|fr|Code civil suisse (CC)}}; {{langx|it|Codice civile svizzero (CC)}}; {{langx|rm|Cudesch civil svizzer}}

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| date_ratified = 10 December 1907

| date_effective = 1 January 1912 (current version as of 1 April 2016)

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https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19070042/index.html|SR 210}}

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| writer = Eugen Huber, Virgile Rossel, Brenno Bertoni

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| purpose = Regulates relationship between individuals

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The Swiss Civil Code (SR/RS 210, {{langx|de|Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)}}; {{langx|fr|Code civil suisse (CC)}}; {{langx|it|Codice civile svizzero (CC)}}; {{langx|rm|Cudesch civil svizzer}}) 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 ruling in Switzerland and relationship between individuals. It was first adopted in 1907 (effective since 1 January 1912).{{cite web |url=https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/21.html#21 |title=SR 21 Zivilgesetzbuch |type=official website |date=10 September 1916 |language=de, fr, it |location=Berne, Switzerland |access-date=2016-09-14}}{{cite web |url=https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19070042/index.html |title=SR 210 Swiss Civil Code of 10 December 1907 (Status as of 1 January 2016) |publisher=Swiss Federal Council |type=official website |date=10 September 1916 |location=Berne, Switzerland |access-date=2016-09-14}}{{Cite book |title= The Swiss Civil Code of December 10, 1907 (Effective January 1, 1912); Translated by Robert P. Shick, A.M., LL.B., Member of the Philadelphia Bar; Annotated by Charles Wetherill, A.B., LL.D., Member of the Philadelphia Bar; Corrected and Revised by Eugen Huber, Dr. Jur., Rer. Pub. et Phil., Law Professor, University of Berne; Alfred Siegwart, Dr.Jur., Professor of Swiss Law, University of Freiburg ; Gordon E. Sherman, Ph.B., LL.B., Member of the New York and New Jersey Bars |publisher=The Boston Book Company |place= Boston, U.S. |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924071237147#page/n7/mode/2up|access-date= 28 November 2016|via= Internet Archive}}

It was largely influenced by the German civil code, and partly influenced by the French civil code, but the majority of comparative law scholars (such as K. Zweigert and Rodolfo Sacco) argue that the Swiss code derives from a distinct paradigm of civil law.{{Cite book |editor-last=Knapp |editor-first= Viktor |year=1987 |last=Stoffel |first=Walter A.|contribution= National Reports, Switzerland |title= International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law |publisher= J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |place= Tübingen and Dorderecht, Boston, Lancaster |volume= I |page=S-186 }}{{Cite book |year=1977 |last1=Zweigert |first1= Konrad, Professor of Law, University of Hamburg; Director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law |last2=Kötz |first2=Hein, M.C.L. (Mich.); Professor of Law, University of Konstanz |title= An Introduction to Comparative Law; Translated from the German by Tony Weir, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge |publisher= North Holland Publishing Company |place= Amsterdam, New York, Oxford |volume= I: The Framework |pages=166–177 }}{{Citation |year= 1950 |last=Rabel |first=Ernst |contribution= Private Laws of Western Civilization: Part III. The German and Swiss Civil Codes |title=Louisiana Law Review |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=271–275 |url=http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol10/iss3/2/ |access-date= 29 November 2016}}