Abstract
A MONG TE MOST NOTEWORTHY of the recent programs of civil code revision is that of The Netherlands. Two of the most striking features of this program are (1) the confidence which the country placed in one person to do the job and (2) the close working interest of the government and the legislature. The first point is generally well-known, as Professor E. M. Meijers of the University of Leyden had a world-wide reputation and was universally recognized as one of the outstanding legal scholars of Europe. When he received the civil code revision assignment in 1947, he was relieved of all other duties, and he was devoting himself entirely to this project when he was unexpectedly taken by death in 1954. By that time he had nearly completed his innumerable conferences with the advisory commissions, governmental and economic organizations, members of the legal profession, and private groups. There had been published the first parts (Books I-IV) of a proposed draft' and commentary ;2 the remainder of the text was in tentative form; the balance of the commentary was being prepared. The commission of three men (triumvirate)
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