Good faith in contract law: from the general to the particular and from the particular to the general

  • Liudmila V. Tsarova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Alexander A. Kupreychik Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The study aims to identify the specifics of the development of the principle of good faith in the contract law of Belarus by analysing its formation and comparing with the approaches to the consolidation and implementation of the principle in foreign jurisdictions and in international contract law. The article concludes that there is no direct correlation between the model of normative fixing of the good faith principle and its implementation in practice. The study has shown that the real effect of the principle of good faith is ensured not so much by its literal wording, as by the legal traditions of a particular legal order and judicial activism.

Author Biographies

Liudmila V. Tsarova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of civil law, faculty of law

Alexander A. Kupreychik, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

student at the faculty of law

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Published
2023-04-30
Keywords: principle of good faith, contract law, international contract law, estoppel
How to Cite
Tsarova, L. V., & Kupreychik, A. A. (2023). Good faith in contract law: from the general to the particular and from the particular to the general. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law, 1, 99-107. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/law/article/view/5426
Issue
No 1 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law
Section
Civil Law and Civil Procedure

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