Good Faith in Transnational Law : : A Pluralist Account / / Frédéric Gilles Sourgens.

• Superior document: International and Comparative Business Law and Public Policy ; 3
• VerfasserIn: Sourgens, Frédéric Gilles,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International and Comparative Business Law and Public Policy ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The book retheorizes good faith in transnational law. Anti-globalist backlash requires a re-evaluation of how law supports cooperation across commercial, economic, social, cultural and linguistic contexts. Sourgens provides a pluralist theory of good faith as communicative other-regard to meet this challenge.

Table of Contents

Preface -- 1Introduction -- 2What Is “Transnational Law”? -- 1The Classic Conflict of Laws Approach -- 2A Clash of Principles -- 2.1Globalization’s Liberal Aspirations -- 2.2The Internalization of Globalization in State Law -- 2.3Good Faith and the Clash of Principles -- 3The Descriptive Blind Spot -- 4Two-Faced Faith? -- 5Conclusion -- 3Good Faith as Pluralist Principle -- 1The Point of Transnational Law -- 2The Pluralist Starting Point -- 3Good Faith and Legal Pluralism -- 3.1Why Good Faith -- 3.2Acknowledging Functional Differences -- 3.3Good Faith as Obligation of Conduct -- 3.4Good Faith as Communication -- 3.5Good Faith as Other Regard -- 3.6Good Faith as Unity of Difference -- 4Pluralist Good Faith in the Lex Mercatoria -- 1The Test Case of the New Lex Mercatoria -- 2Good Faith in the New Lex Mercatoria -- 2.1Good Faith and Other Regard -- 2.1.1Other Regard in the General of Principle of Good Faith and Fair Dealing -- 2.1.2Other Regard and Abuse of Rights -- 2.1.3Other Regard and Clean Hands -- 2.1.4Other Regard and Implied Obligations -- 2.1.5Conclusion -- 2.2Good Faith and Communication -- 2.2.1Forfeiture and the Duty to Communicate -- 2.2.2Communication and Inconsistent Behavior -- 2.2.3Duty to Renegotiate -- 2.2.4Pre-contractual Liability? -- 2.2.5Conclusion -- 3The Yardstick of Good Faith -- 3.1The Authoritative Language of Good Faith -- 3.2Good Faith and Economic Utility -- 3.3Good Faith and Quasi-Moral Duty -- 4Chaos in a Faithless World -- 5Good Faith as Driver of Self-Regulation -- 6A First Order Conception of Pluralist Good Faith in Transnational Law -- 7Conclusion -- 5Reflexive Good Faith -- 1A Model for Polycentric Norm Generation in Transnational Law -- 2Good Faith and Social Dimension of Polycentric Transnational Norm Generation -- 3Good Faith and the Substantive Dimension of Polycentric Transnational Norm Generation -- 4Good Faith and the Temporal Dimension of Polycentric Transnational Norm Generation -- 5Good Faith and Legal Life Cycles -- 6A Second Order Conception of Pluralism -- 7Conclusion -- 6Good Faith as Stress Fields -- 1Re-entry and Stress Fields -- 1.1Three Good Faiths -- 1.1.1Pragmatic Good Faith -- 1.1.2Utilitarian Good Faith -- 1.1.3Constructivist Deontological Good Faith -- 1.2Stress Fields -- 2The Constitutional Moment as a Stress Field -- 2.1Stress Testing Operational Closure -- 2.2Stress Testing Structural Couplings -- 2.3Stress Testing the Other Side of Structural Couplings -- 3Conclusion: Meeting the Moment -- 7Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.