Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 12. Jahrgang Heft 2/2022, pp. 316-329, 2022/11/04
The article provides an overview of the development of Austrian civil law in the interwar period. Although the General Civil Code was only slightly amended five times during this period, some provisions were further developed by both legal scholarship and court decisions. This tendency is particularly evident in economic matters. In addition, urgent issues were dealt with by means of special legislation, such as tenancy law. In some areas – such as marriage law – the reform failed completely. In view of the initially similar legal situation in the successor states of Austria‐Hungary, parallel reform efforts and comparative legal justifications of the respective solutions can be observed.
Keywords: Austrian Civil Code – civil law – interwar period– partial amendments – Oskar PISKO