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71 Tul. L. Rev. 1645 (1996-1997)
Good Faith

handle is hein.journals/tulr71 and id is 1665 raw text is: TULANE
LAW REVIEW
VOL. 71                         JUNE 1997                             No. 6
Good Faith
Saul Litvinoff*
The 1996 John Minor Wisdom Lecture on the Civil Law, delivered by the author on
December 5 of that year at the Tulane University School of Law, was based on the views
contained in this Article which as a homage, is now dedicated to Judge John Minor Wisdom.
I.    THE  LAW    .................................................................................... 1646
A.    Good Faith and Obligations ....................................... 1646
B.    Good Faith and Other Legal Relations .......................... 1647
C.    One or More Meanings .................................................... 1649
IL    HISTORICALPERSPEcTvE ......................................................... 1651
A.    The Practical Approach of the Roman Law .................... 1651
B.    Roman Law and the Code Napolion .............................. 1653
C.    Other Civil Codes ............................................................. 1654
D.    Where the Common Law Prevails ................................... 1655
E.    Good Faith in the Twentieth Century .............................. 1657
III   THE CRmCALAREAS ................................................................ 1659
A.    Preliminary Remarks ....................................................... 1659
B.    Interruption of Negotiations ............................................ 1659
C.   The Duty to Disclose ........................................................ 1660
D.   Abuse of Rights ................................................................. 1660
E.    Impossibility vs. Impracticability .................................... 1661
F    A Wider Scope for Lesion ................................................. 1663
IV. THE SEARCH FOR MEANING ........................... 1663
*    L.S.U. Boyd Professor of Law; Oliver P. Stockwell Professor at the L.S.U. Paul
M. Hebert Law Center.
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