Codification of Private International Law: Efforts in the Netherlands, Book 10 Civil Code†††
In: International journal of legal information: IJLI ; the official journal of the International Association of Law Libraries, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 287-294
ISSN: 2331-4117
Law does not have its intended effect if people do not know the law. Law should be known by the people who derive rights and obligations from it. Chaotic law, though known by the people, does not have its intended effect either. To be respected, law should at least be logical and consistent, and not prompt chicaneries. Law is what courts say the law is. Courts have to decide case by case. Their judgments express what the law is in the case submitted. The people involved and other interested people will know what the court has decided.