title: The principle of good faith and fair dealing in English contract law
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metadata.value: Halberda, Jan
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-12-13T16:22:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-12-13T16:22:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-09
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metadata.value: Halberda, Jan. 2020. The principle of good faith and fair dealing in English contract law. Pravovedenie 64 (3): 312–325.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2020.301
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33877
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Given that continental civil law scholarship applies the concept of good faith in either a subjective
  (honesty in fact) or objective sense (good faith and fair dealing), the present article focuses
  on the latter one. The traditional view in England and Wales discards the recognition of a general
  principle of good faith and fair dealing in English law. English courts have adopted a piecemeal
  solutions approach (as shown by the judicial decisions issued in Interfoto Picture Library (1987)
  and Walford v. Miles (1992)). Meanwhile, the principle in question, along with the concept of the
  freedom of contract, is one of the most important principles of the continental civil law tradition
  (cf. art. 1104 of the French Civil Code, § 157, § 242 of the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch,
  art. 2 (1) of the Swiss Zivilgesetzbuch, art. 6:2 Burgerlijk Wetboek, art. 5 of the Polish Civil Code,
  art. 2 (1) Common European Sales Law, art. 1:201 Principles of European Contract Law, art. III-
  1:103 Draft Common Frame of Reference). The current work analyzes recent English case law
  (in particular Yam Seng (2013)), which seems to acknowledge the principle of good faith and fair
  dealing while rejecting the traditional view mentioned above. The comparative approach — references
  to American, and Commonwealth law, as well as to that of particular European states —
  is taken into account. The author claims that hostility to the concept of good faith in an objective
  sense in English law is superficial. One may expect that in the near future courts in England
  and Wales will follow the path taken by courts in the United States (§ 205 of the Restatement
  (Second) of Contracts (1981)), Australia (Renard Constructions (1992)) and Canada (Bhasin v.
  Hrynew (2014)), and they will finally recognize good faith as an underlying principle.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 64; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: private law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: English law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: common law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: good faith
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: abuse of right
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The principle of good faith and fair dealing in English contract law
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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