High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Burgerlijk Wetboek (or BW) is the civil code of the Netherlands. Early permutations were largely based on the Napoleonic code. The Dutch Civil Code was given substantive reform in 1992. The Code deals with the rights of individuals (Book 1), legal entities (Book 2), the rights of assets(Book 3) and succession (Book 4). It also sets out the law of property (Book 5) and of contracts and obligations (Books 6-7). Proposed amendments will add Books on intellectual property and private international law.