Constitutionalisation of private law: an ‘enrichment of legal discourse’, or ‘nonsense on stilts’? The issue of the influence of fundamental rights in private law can be localized in the middle of this friction. There appear to be passionate ‘believers’ as well as persistent ‘sceptics’. Therefore, constitutionalisation of private law is, at least, of importance from an academic point of view. The influence of fundamental rights in private law is, however, not ‘just’ a matter of academic discourse
