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German Law System

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Europeanization of the BGB; Freiburg School; German Einheitsjurist; Private Law Society; Social market economy

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This entry provides an overview of certain elected aspects of the German law system. From different points of view, the German system has been deeply influenced by the ordoliberal ideas developed within the Freiburg School in the early 1930s of the twentieth century. One of the core ordoliberal concepts that need to be discussed within the German constitutional framework is that of a social market economy. Social market economy became the interpretive framework for the economic and social order of Western Germany in the aftermath of World War II, and today, it represents not only a key concept at national level but also within the European Union. No less important is the role of the so-called Private Law Society, another key concept of ordoliberal thinking. Its main elements are clearly reflected in the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) which came into force in...

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    Sonja Elisabeth Haberl

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    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Haberl, S.E. (2021). German Law System. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_596-2

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    German Law System
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_596-2

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