文档介绍：GOOD FAITH AND THE CONTENTS OF CONTRACTS IN EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW
Matthias E. StormeProfessor by special appointment at the Catholic University of Leuven and Professor at the University of Antwerp; member CECL and .
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In this contribution, I would like to draw first some conclusions parative research and legal theory before dealing with good faith in the Principles of European Contract Law. I will not present you parative overview as such, as there are excellent recent publications, such as Good Faith in European Contract Law, edited by Reinhard Zimmermann and Simon . Zimmermann & S. Whittaker (eds.), Good Faith in European Contract Law, Cambridge [etc.], Cambridge University Press 2000. See also F. Ranieri, Europäisches Obligationenrecht, Wien/New York, Springer 1999, ch. 9 (pp. 225 ff.).
At the end of the second part, I will try to indicate the specific role good faith can play in a multi-level legal system such as the actual or future European contract law.
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