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==Contents of a civil code==
A typical civil code deals with the fields of law known to the common lawyer as [[contracts|law of contracts]], [[law of torts|torts]], [[property|property law]], [[family law]] and the law of [[inheritance]]. [[Commercial law]], [[corporate law]] and [[civil procedure]] are usually codified separately.

The older civil codes such as the French, Egyptian, Austrian and Spanish ones are structured under the [[Institutions System|Institutional System]] of the [[Roman empire|Roman]] jurist [[Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]] and generally have three large parts:
* [[Law of Persons]] (''personae'')
* [[Law of Things]] (''res'')
* Issues common to both parts (''actiones'').

The newer codes such as the ones of Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Catalonia are structured according to the [[Pandects|Pandectist System]]:
* General part
* [[Law of Obligation]]
* [[property law|Law of Real Rights]]
* [[Family law|Family Law]]
* [[inheritance|Law of Inheritance]]

The civil code of the state of [[Louisiana]], following the institutions system, is divided into five parts:
* Preliminary Title
* Of Persons
* Things and Different Modifications of Ownership
* Of Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things
* Conflict of Laws

Pandectism also had an influence on the earlier codes and their interpretation. For example, Austrian civil law is typically taught according to the Pandect System (which was devised 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.