The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law

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spelling 5884 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=5884 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Conference Conference Paper application/pdf 20 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in 1.7 PDFium 2018-01-30 10:59:20 0590-01-FH03-FUHA-18-12996.pdf UniSZA Private Access The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law The concept of good faith encompasses the theme that all parties to a contract owe a duty to each other beyond those expressly provided by the terms of the contract. This is a popular concept in civil law countries whereby good faith is clearly included in the civil law codes. However, good faith has apparently been gaining recognition in common law countries as well. Common law judges and scholars are divided concerning the desirability of qualifying the concept of good faith into Contract law. The objective of the paper is to analyse common law judges and scholars‘ perspectives on the application and interpretation of good faith. This paper is mainly a library based research which uses a qualitative approach to the analysis. The findings show that good faith is a well-accepted concept in common law which benefits contracting parties. 1-20 5th International Seminar on Law & Society Pattani, Thailand
spellingShingle The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law
summary The concept of good faith encompasses the theme that all parties to a contract owe a duty to each other beyond those expressly provided by the terms of the contract. This is a popular concept in civil law countries whereby good faith is clearly included in the civil law codes. However, good faith has apparently been gaining recognition in common law countries as well. Common law judges and scholars are divided concerning the desirability of qualifying the concept of good faith into Contract law. The objective of the paper is to analyse common law judges and scholars‘ perspectives on the application and interpretation of good faith. This paper is mainly a library based research which uses a qualitative approach to the analysis. The findings show that good faith is a well-accepted concept in common law which benefits contracting parties.
title The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law
title_full The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law
title_fullStr The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law
title_full_unstemmed The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law
title_short The duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law
title_sort duty of good faith in common law; a new view on contemporary contract law