The Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, enacted in 1811 after about 40 years of preparatory works. Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini and Franz von Zeiller were the leading drafters at the earlier and later stages of the draft. Besides Austria, its influence perists in other successor states of Austria-Hungary.
The first civilcode promulgated in America was that of Louisiana of 1804, inspired by the 1800 project of the French civilcode, known as the Projet de l'an VIII (project of the 8th year); nevertheless, in 1808 a Digeste de la loi civile was sanctioned.
Meanwhile, the French Napoleonic code was enacted in 1804 after only a few years of preparation, but it was a child of the French Revolution, which is strongly reflected by its content.
The 19th century saw the emergence of the School of Pandectism, whose work peaked in the German CivilCode (BGB), which was enacted in 1900 in the course of Germany's national unification project, and in the Swiss CivilCode of 1907.
For example, Austriancivil law is typically taught according to the Pandect System (which was discovered by German scholars in the time between the enactment of the Austrian and the German Codes), even though this is not consistent with the structure of the Code.
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