he following paragraph is an example of a provision from the German Civil Code (1900): 157. Contracts are to be interpreted in accordance with good faith [Treu und Glauben], taking common practice [Verkehrssitte] into consideration. Write an essay (maximum 600 words, excluding footnotes) reflecting on the importance of that civil code for the development of legal science. Make sure you analyse the following points: - The role that the writings of the German Natural Lawyers had in the coming into being of that code. - The emergence of schools of thought in nineteenth-century Germany and their role in the coming into being of that code.

he following paragraph is an example of a provision from the German Civil Code (1900): 157. Contracts are to be interpreted in accordance with good faith [Treu und Glauben], taking common practice [Verkehrssitte] into consideration. Write an essay (maximum 600 words, excluding footnotes) reflecting on the importance of that civil code for the development of legal science. Make sure you analyse the following points: - The role that the writings of the German Natural Lawyers had in the coming into being of that code. - The emergence of schools of thought in nineteenth-century Germany and their role in the coming into being of that code.