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§ 9 Could Portuguese Courts Use the DCFR over National Sources of Law?

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Before analysing any such solutions, the question of whether or not the Portuguese courts are entitled to fall back on the DCFR in judicial practice for the solution of purely domestic cases must first be addressed.

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    von Bar (1996a), p. 2.

  2. 2.

    See Tit. § 3, Subtit. II, Sec. 2, Subsec. c, bb) (2) above.

  3. 3.

    Cf. Zweigert (1949), pp. 9, 10.

  4. 4.

    Settling case law decision 6/2014 of 22 May 2014, p. 2935.

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Santos Silva, M. (2017). § 9 Could Portuguese Courts Use the DCFR over National Sources of Law?. In: The Draft Common Frame of Reference as a "Toolbox" for Domestic Courts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52923-3_9

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