The Doctrine of Good Faith in Constitutional Order

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  • Pornson Liengboonlertchai Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v46i1.1191

Keywords:

Good faith, General Principle of Law, Social Contract, Constitutional Contract, Relational Contract

Abstract

Good faith is a legal concept considered one of the most significant general principles of law. The concept draws its origin from creating contracts during the Roman Era. This principle is usually applied to make sure that each contracting party will perform his duties honestly and properly. On this ground, good faith is deemed to be a “legal tool” to protect a party from damages caused by omitting his obligations or abusing of rights.

            Although originally developed from contract law, one of the private laws, it, on the basis of in-depth research, is found that good faith is applied to the public law as well. Therefore this important principle should be applied to the Constitutions as a public law in order to give justice to societies.             

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Published

06-12-2022

How to Cite

Liengboonlertchai, Pornson. 2022. “The Doctrine of Good Faith in Constitutional Order”. Chulalongkorn University Journal of Social Sciences 46 (1). Bangkok, Thailand:141-60. https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v46i1.1191.

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