Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the educational loan contract was subject to the Consumer Credit Act (KKG)
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. A study-financing loan is not a consumer credit within Art. 3 KKG because its purpose is more closely attributable to future professional activity than to private consumption.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court used a purposive interpretation: study loans differ from classic consumer credit, are tied to career planning, and would often be impossible under the 36-month amortization test in Art. 28(4) KKG. The Act was aimed at protecting consumers from over-indebted consumption, not at preventing socially useful education financing.