ABSTRACT
This contribution discusses the choices facing academics who teach private international law. It builds on the theory of constructive alignment – a theory which is explained in paragraph 3. The author demonstrates that in order to reach depth of understanding, choices have to be made as to the comprehensiveness of topics to be discussed. In paragraph 4 to 6 the author describes different approaches to the teaching of private international law and the concurrent choices as to topics to be discussed and materials to be used. Which choices are eventually made when developing a specific course, will depend on the staff teaching the course and the ‘Umfeld’ in which the course is situated. This Umfeld consist of the societal context, the sources of private international law which are relevant in practice, the overall university system and the programme goals toward which the course contributes.
Van Hoek, Aukje AH, Teaching Private International Law – A View From the Netherlands (November 15, 2022). To be published in X Kramer and L Carballo Piñeiro, Research Methods in Private International Law, a Handbook (Edward Elgar, forthcoming); Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No 2022-44; Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law Working Paper No 2022-05.
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