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German legal system and laws provides a comprehensive introduction to the german legal system and the core areas of substantive law constitutional law is the foundation of german law and this area has been given fuller consideration in this fourth edition. The law of germany german das recht deutschlands that being the modern german legal system german deutsches rechtssystem is a system of civil law which is founded on the principles laid out by the basic law for the federal republic of germany though many of the most important laws for example most regulations of the civil code burgerliches gesetzbuch or bgb were developed prior . Although the german legal system operates differently than the anglo and american systems legal specialists who have studied it are usually in agreement that it is fair it provides many safeguards to ensure the fairness of investigations and trials. German law is a traditional civil law system based on roman law principles more precisely on the eastern roman emperor justinians code and also heavily influenced by the napoleonic code in modern times obviously european union law has modified german civil law especially in the areas of contract law business law and consumer rights