Law of Obligations
E151165
The Law of Obligations is a core area of civil law that governs legal relationships arising from contracts, torts, and other sources of duties between private parties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Law of Obligations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334175 — 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: Law of Obligations Context triple: [German Civil Code, hasPart, Law of Obligations]
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A.
Body of Civil Law
The Body of Civil Law is the monumental 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, which became a foundational source for later European legal systems.
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B.
Practical Law
Practical Law is an online legal know-how service that provides expert-authored practice notes, standard documents, checklists, and tools to help lawyers work more efficiently.
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C.
Laws
Laws is one of Plato’s late philosophical dialogues, presenting a detailed exploration of legal theory, political organization, and the ideal constitution for a well-ordered city.
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D.
Liability Convention
The Liability Convention is an international space law treaty that establishes rules for determining and compensating damage caused by space objects.
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E.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a foundational 1881 legal treatise by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that profoundly shaped American legal realism and modern understandings of judge-made law.
- 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: Law of Obligations Target entity description: The Law of Obligations is a core area of civil law that governs legal relationships arising from contracts, torts, and other sources of duties between private parties.
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A.
Body of Civil Law
The Body of Civil Law is the monumental 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, which became a foundational source for later European legal systems.
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B.
Practical Law
Practical Law is an online legal know-how service that provides expert-authored practice notes, standard documents, checklists, and tools to help lawyers work more efficiently.
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C.
Laws
Laws is one of Plato’s late philosophical dialogues, presenting a detailed exploration of legal theory, political organization, and the ideal constitution for a well-ordered city.
-
D.
Liability Convention
The Liability Convention is an international space law treaty that establishes rules for determining and compensating damage caused by space objects.
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E.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a foundational 1881 legal treatise by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that profoundly shaped American legal realism and modern understandings of judge-made law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
area of private law
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branch of civil law ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
allocate risks between parties
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protect reasonable expectations of parties ⓘ provide remedies for violation of duties ⓘ |
| appliesIn | civil law jurisdictions ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Brazilian Civil Code
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Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Civil Code
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
surface form:
French Civil Code
German Civil Code ⓘ Italian Civil Code ⓘ Philippine Civil Code ⓘ Civil Code of Poland ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Civil Code
Quebec Civil Code ⓘ Russian Civil Code ⓘ Swiss Code of Obligations ⓘ |
| concerns | rights in personam ⓘ |
| coreComponentOf | civil codes in many countries ⓘ |
| defines | sources of obligations ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
law of property
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rights in rem ⓘ |
| fieldOfLaw | civil law ⓘ |
| includesSubfield |
contract law
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delict law in civil law systems ⓘ law of unjust enrichment ⓘ quasi-contracts in some traditions ⓘ tort law ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman law ⓘ |
| regulates |
breach of obligations
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contractual obligations ⓘ damages for breach of contract ⓘ negotiation and formation of contracts ⓘ non-contractual obligations ⓘ obligations between private parties ⓘ performance of obligations ⓘ pre-contractual liability in some legal systems ⓘ remedies for breach of obligations ⓘ rescission of contracts ⓘ restitutionary obligations ⓘ specific performance ⓘ termination of contracts ⓘ tortious obligations ⓘ unjust enrichment claims ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
commercial law
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consumer protection law ⓘ |
| sourcesInclude |
contracts
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negotiorum gestio in civil law ⓘ statute ⓘ torts ⓘ unjust enrichment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Law of Obligations Description of subject: The Law of Obligations is a core area of civil law that governs legal relationships arising from contracts, torts, and other sources of duties between private parties.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.