---
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- de
tags:
- legal
pretty_name: HGB
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- de
tags:
- legal
pretty_name: HGB
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---
# German HGB Law Dataset (Handelsgesetzbuch)

## Dataset Description

- **Date of Last Paragraph Update:** April 2023
- **Dataset Guarantee:** The dataset is provided "as is," and there is no guarantee for the correctness or completeness of the data.

### Dataset Summary

The HGB Law Dataset contains legal text from the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch - HGB). It focuses on the general principles of German commercial law, and the dataset is designed for tasks related to legal text analysis.

## Dataset Structure

### Data Instances

A typical data point in the dataset comprises a legal paragraph and its corresponding text. For example:

```json
{
 'paragraph': '§ 1 Handelsstand',
 'text': 'Wer ein Handelsgewerbe betreibt, ist Kaufmann.'
}
```