Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- The Role of Travaux Préparatoires in the Interpretation and Application of Civil Codes: A Dutch and German Perspective -- The French Law of Obligations: A Brief Story of the 2016 Reform -- Reforming Contract Law: From Myth to Reality! -- The recodification of the Belgian Private Law: From a Family Model to an Orphaned Cinderella -- Codification: A Perspective from a Scottish Law Commissioner -- Using Metaphors to Explain the Construction of Societal Buildings: A Look into the Codification of Civil Law in Latin America -- The Argentine Civil and Commercial Code of 2015 -- The Louisiana Civil Codes: A Multilingual Experience -- Restarting a Government of Laws in the United States of America -- The Japanese Civil Code: Its First 120 Years.