一本比较法著作，以英语写作的德国民法作品中杰出的一部，一本的关于德国私法的英文著作。
《德国民法原理》著者系英语国家中研究德国民法的主要学者。对德国民法基本理论原理的阐释简明扼要，又不失全面。同时，《德国民法原理》在有些重要法律制度方面与英国法作比较，值得借鉴。

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
1.HISTORICAL SKETCH
1,2.a.German Law before 1900
3,4.b.The preparation and enactment of the Civil Code
5-7.2.COMPONENT PARTS OF GERMAN PRIVATE IMPERIAL LAW
8,9.3.RELATION OF IMPERIAL LAW TO STATE LAW
10.4.RELATION OF CODES AND STATUTES TO CUSTOMARY LAW
11.5.RECAPITULATION OF THE SOURCES OF GERMAN PRIVATE LAW
12-14.6.ARRANGEMENT OF THE CODES
7.GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEW CODES
15.a.As to substance of provisions
16.b.As to methods of expression
17-21.8.METHODS OF INTERPRETATION
FIRST BOOK GENERAL RULES OF LAW
FIRST DIVISION PERSONS,THINGS,AND RIGHTS
CHAPTER I: PERSONS
A.General Rules
22.1.NATURAl,PERSONS AND CORPORATE BODIES
23.2.ASSOCIATIONS OF PERSONS NOT FORMING CORPORATE BODIES IN THE STRICT SENSE
B.Natural Persons
24.1.BEGINNING OF PERSONALITY
2.EFFECT OF STATUS ON CAPACITY FOR RIGHTS,DISPOSING CAPACITY,AND OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY
25.a.Capacity for rights
b.Disposing capacity
26.aa.Generally
27.bb.Infants
28.cc.Unsoundness of mind
29.dd.Mental infirmity
30.ee.Prodigality
31.ff.Dipsomania
32.gg.Effect of punishment for criminal offences
33.c.Forfeiture or compulsory transfer of property consequent upon criminal punishment,bankruptcy,and marriage
3.EFFECT OF SOCIAL RANK,NATIONALITY,AND DOMICIL ON THE APPLICATION OF LAW
34.a.Generally
35.b.Effect of princely rank
36.c.Mercantile traders and mercantile transactions
d.Nationality and domicil
37.aa.General statement
38,39.bb.NationaLity
cc.Domicil
40.(1) Distinction between German and English law
41.(2) German conception of domicil
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SECOND DIVISION THE CREATION,TRANSFER,AND EXTINCTION OF RIGHIS
SECOND BOOK LAW OF OBLIGATIONS
FIRST DIVISION GENERAL RULES
SECOND DIVISION RULES RELATING TO PARTICULAR KINDS OF OBLIGATIONS
FIRST SUB-DIVISION OBLIGATIONS CREATED BY ACT-IN-THE-LAW
SECOND SUB-DIVISION OBLIGATIONS CREATED OTHERWISE THAN BY ACT-IN-THE-LAW
THIRD BOOK LAW OF THINGS
FOURTH BOOK FAMILY LAW
FIFTH BOOK LAW OF INHERITANCE
GENERAL INDEX
INDEX TO GERMAN TECHNICAL TERMS
BOOK REVIEWS
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