German law
E604639
German law is the civil law–based legal system of Germany, codified in comprehensive statutes and codes and influenced by Roman law and continental European legal traditions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German federal law | 2 |
| German law canonical | 2 |
| German Verhältnismäßigkeitsprinzip | 1 |
| German military law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6552589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German law Context triple: [BGB, legalSystem, German law]
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A.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
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B.
German Criminal Code
The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
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C.
Prussian law
Prussian law was the legal system of the Kingdom of Prussia, characterized by its codified, bureaucratic, and often authoritarian framework that influenced 19th-century German jurisprudence.
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D.
German honours law
German honours law is the body of legal provisions in Germany that regulates the creation, awarding, wearing, and protection of state titles, orders, and decorations.
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E.
German Commercial Code
The German Commercial Code is a central piece of German business law that regulates commercial transactions, traders, and corporate accounting alongside the German Civil Code.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German law Target entity description: German law is the civil law–based legal system of Germany, codified in comprehensive statutes and codes and influenced by Roman law and continental European legal traditions.
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A.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
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B.
German Criminal Code
The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
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C.
Prussian law
Prussian law was the legal system of the Kingdom of Prussia, characterized by its codified, bureaucratic, and often authoritarian framework that influenced 19th-century German jurisprudence.
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D.
German honours law
German honours law is the body of legal provisions in Germany that regulates the creation, awarding, wearing, and protection of state titles, orders, and decorations.
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E.
German Commercial Code
The German Commercial Code is a central piece of German business law that regulates commercial transactions, traders, and corporate accounting alongside the German Civil Code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil law system
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| appliesIn |
federal level of Germany
ⓘ
states of Germany ⓘ |
| basedOn |
codified statutes
ⓘ
legal codes ⓘ |
| belongsTo | civil law tradition ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasCourtSystem |
Federal Administrative Court of Germany
ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ Federal Fiscal Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Labour Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Social Court of Germany ⓘ |
| hasPrinciple |
federalism
ⓘ
proportionality ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Act Against Restraints of Competition
ⓘ
linked to:
Act against Restraints of Competition
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ Co-determination Act ⓘ
linked to:
German Co-Determination Act
Code of Civil Procedure (Germany) ⓘ
linked to:
German Code of Civil Procedure
Code of Criminal Procedure (Germany) ⓘ
linked to:
German Code of Criminal Procedure
Energy Industry Act (Germany) ⓘ
linked to:
German Energy Industry Act
Federal Building Code ⓘ Federal Constitutional Court Act ⓘ Federal Data Protection Act (Germany) ⓘ Federal Immission Control Act ⓘ Federal Nature Conservation Act ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Nature Conservation Act of Germany
Fiscal Code of Germany ⓘ
linked to:
German Fiscal Code
German Civil Code ⓘ German Commercial Code ⓘ German Criminal Code ⓘ Limited Liability Companies Act (Germany) ⓘ
linked to:
German Limited Liability Companies Act
Renewable Energy Sources Act (Germany) ⓘ Residence Act (Germany) ⓘ Social Code of Germany ⓘ
linked to:
German Social Code
Stock Corporation Act (Germany) ⓘ
linked to:
German Stock Corporation Act
Telecommunications Act (Germany) ⓘ
linked to:
Telecommunications Act
Works Constitution Act ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
German administrative law
ⓘ
German civil law (private law) ⓘ German commercial law ⓘ German company law ⓘ German competition law ⓘ German constitutional law ⓘ German criminal law ⓘ German labour law ⓘ German procedural law ⓘ German social law ⓘ German tax law ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
German Empire law
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire law ⓘ Prussian law ⓘ Weimar Republic law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roman law
ⓘ
canon law ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| isSupremeNorm | Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalFamily | continental European legal tradition ⓘ |
| reformedBy | German reunification legal reforms ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
European Convention on Human Rights
ⓘ
European Union law ⓘ
linked to:
EU acquis communautaire
|
| usesConcept |
abstract legal norms
ⓘ
legal codification ⓘ systematic legal interpretation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: German law Description of subject: German law is the civil law–based legal system of Germany, codified in comprehensive statutes and codes and influenced by Roman law and continental European legal traditions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: German law
linked to: German law
linked to: German law
linked to: German law