RECENT TRENDS REGARDING GOOD FAITH IN CONTRACT LAW.

The purpose of this article is to highlight the newly convergences between the Romanian legal system and that of other Member States of the European Union in the field ofgood faith. In the first part of the article, we try to establish the core values of good faith in general and subsequently in the field of contract law, as perceived by the national scholars and researchers. While good faith had merely the role of a general rule which was rather simplistically associated with fairness and morale, in light of the recent developments brought upon by the enactment of the new Civil Code, good faith has become a focal point in several institutions in the field of contract law. The second part of the article aims to identify the origin of the rules set out in the Romanian legislation, by investigating the motifs behind the adhering to the line of thought as set out by the Principles of European Contract Law. In the last part we will illustrate the recent trends and goals of the European Union in the field of contract law and also try to correlate how these actions will translate to the Romanian national legal system in theory and in practice in the years to come. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]