| Sumario: | Increasingly, German law faculties offer modules in English in their Schwerpunkt or LL.M. programmes. In order to support students taking Private International Law, this two-hour exam paper showcases a typical problem question and recommends a way of answering the various issues concerning the conflict of laws. Similar to the syllogistic Gutachtenstil used for exams written in German, the model answer adopts the equivalent IRAC style (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion).[1]In line with the Continental tradition of Civil Law, the modal answer is primarily based on the application of the relevant statutory law and supplements this with case law and scholarship in the footnotes.
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