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 (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German federal law | 1 |
| German law canonical | 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.
-
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourtSystem |
Federal Administrative Court of Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Court of Justice of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Fiscal Court of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Labour Court of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Social Court of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrinciple |
federalism
ⓘ
proportionality ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Act Against Restraints of Competition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Co-determination Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Civil Procedure (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Criminal Procedure (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Energy Industry Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Building Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Constitutional Court Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Data Protection Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Immission Control Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Nature Conservation Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiscal Code of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ German Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ German Commercial Code NERFINISHED ⓘ German Criminal Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Limited Liability Companies Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Renewable Energy Sources Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Residence Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Social Code of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Stock Corporation Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Telecommunications Act (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ Works Constitution Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canon law ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| isSupremeNorm | Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalFamily | continental European legal tradition ⓘ |
| reformedBy | German reunification legal reforms ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
European Convention on Human Rights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Union law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
abstract legal norms
ⓘ
legal codification ⓘ systematic legal interpretation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
German federal law