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Austrian legal history (1153 words) |
 | As much as possible, for its time the ABGB was a successful molding of the local Germanic-inspired jus commune of Roman law and the liberal approach of the natural lawyers. |
| The inter-war years were marked by serious economic dislocation and political strife; however, during this time the foundations of social and labor legislation laid by the Hapsburgs in the 1880s were enlarged upon and, in several radical spurts, a considerable body of modern social legislation was developed and enacted into law. |
| The ABGB remained in force, although marriage law was altered; however, most importantly, commercial law underwent a total revision when the general commercial code in use since 1862 was abrogated and the German commercial code of 1897 was “received” by the Austrian state in 1938. |
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