Good faith in European contract law / edited by Reinhard Zimmermann and Simon Whittaker.

Contributor(s): Zimmermann, Reinhard, 1952- [editor.] | Whittaker, Simon [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 14. | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996)Common core of European law projectCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000©2000. Description: xxxiii, 720 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521771900 (hardbound)Other title: European contract lawSubject(s): Contracts -- Europe | Good faith (Law) -- EuropeLOC classification: KJC1720 .G66 2000Summary: This book starts by surveying the use or neglect of good faith in European contract law and traces its historical origins. Its central part takes thirty hypothetical situations that have attracted the application of good faith and analyzes them according to fifteen national legal systems. It concludes by explaining how European lawyers, whether from a civil or common law background, need to come to terms with the principle of good faith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book starts by surveying the use or neglect of good faith in European contract law and traces its historical origins. Its central part takes thirty hypothetical situations that have attracted the application of good faith and analyzes them according to fifteen national legal systems. It concludes by explaining how European lawyers, whether from a civil or common law background, need to come to terms with the principle of good faith.

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