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European Civil Law, Franchise Agreements and the Duty of Good Faith

The “restrictive,” “adaptive” and “collateral” approaches to a duty of good faith ' which we discussed in Part One of this article last month ' can be found in differing combinations and degrees in most of the civil jurisdictions in the European Union (EU), despite the fact that some of them have a very different historical perspectives and approaches to the concept of good faith. The two primary “families” of civil law in Europe are German and French, and each approaches the concept of good faith in a different way. Last month we took a look at the German system; now, we turn to the French.

Bonne Foi: The French Approach to Good Faith

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