Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-25
FRANCE and GERMANY.
S0ME FACTS FROM Tz0S2 TWO GREAT
COUNTRIES.
The Future Civil Code Of Gsrnany-Lsgisa-
ton Proposed IL that Country as to Cases Of
Breach Of Promso-D.7Uoss IN France

The political u0ion under one COM
mon government, resulting from the
late FrancO-German war; in Europe, FOR
the different states forming Germany,
1.-The German empire,) has proved and is
proving, In many respects, very oene-
fetal 20 the people II that country.
Aside from the constitution or Ger
many, her parliament aud the admins
trative affairs of her government THAI
IS especially the case as 90 a great deal
OF recent common legislation OF that
country, relating 90 subjects with re-
gard 90 which the several German
states mad formerly quite a variety OF
particular laws Thus, Germany has
now common criminal code
and q common code OF criminal pro-
cedure. which two codes are exclusive
ly applicable in that country, To- place
OF the former particular criminal leg
islatiOn of the several German States.
She has also now q common code OF
procedure In civil suits, that alone Is
binding in an the German States. Fur
thermOre, under her present common
government, her judiciary has been re-
modelled and made homogeneous no
every part of that country. As 90
civil law, there exists 40 present only o
common code Oi commercial law, the
several German States have still
their own particular laws which IN
cases of necessity, are supplemented by
the Roman civil law, the municipai law
of the old Roman empire, comprised 10
the Institutes, code and digest OF JUS
tinian and the novel constitutions. The
Roman civil law is for Germany, what
her common law is FOR Great Britain.
France has code OF civil law, adopted
By her under Napoleon l. Germany
also intends 90 have such q code of civil
law and a commission, appointed
BY her government and being
compOsed OF the aOleSt jur-
fists. is now at work Co prepare one.
As that code will comprise, in the
form OF legal provisions, large amount
OF material relating 60 general law, the
law OF persons, the law of property, the
law of Inheritance and the law Of con-
tracts. the commission referred 90 will
probably be engaged IN It's work yet Tor
q great while. That commission, during
its discussions, resolved, the other DAY,
that under the new German civil code q
spromise of marriage given by one party
30 another shall not be binding and not
enttle the abandoned party 20 sue Tor
damages.
On this subject a prominent periodi-
cal OF Germany, lu recent issue, con-
tsins an interesting article. lt says:
uAccordinE 20 she future civil code OF
Germany promise OF marriage will
not be binding TO the party having
made it and not compel that party 20
contract the marriage. That resolu-
tlon has been adopted by the commits
sion now engaged Co the second reading
of the code referred 90, certainly not TO
the delight OF numerous representatives
on the fair sex. With Indignation, on
the part OF the ladies', the objection
will be made 20 that resolution, that it
will recognize as legitimate the
violation Of ones word, nay, what
IL stlll worse. that it will in-
directly provoke t. What can be more
reprehensible than that man basely
abandons the woman betrothed 20 him,
and which violation of an oath Is more
damnable than that OF the vow Of love?
How can the state, the guardian OF good
morals. the custodian OF the sacredneSs
on the oath, permit that an alliance
shall not involve q legal obligation, that
the law enacted by it treats the union
of hearts and souls as an entirely indii-
ferent mattsrP VIII, bY the mainte-
nance OF such q point OF view, not NOR
atty be offended, will not thereby thf
men become frivolous and unprinc
plsd2
such reasoning agrees with the moe
az thinking OF women. Yet the re-