Talk:Good faith (law)

Under the section Contemporary Usage, why is Hadley v Baxendale, a UK contract law case, discussed in a paragraph which brings up solely American judicial treatment of the subject?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.61.128.149 (talk) 20:32, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Because Hadley is followed by all U.S. jurisdictions, and therefore necessarily controls strategy from a plaintiff's point of view. That is, a plaintiff's attorney looking for maximum recovery will have to think about how to get around Hadley, and one way to do that is to try to turn a contract claim into a tort.--Coolcaesar (talk) 17:55, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

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This article is a mess
The main problem is that User:Wikidea moved Implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing to Good faith (law) on 31 December 2011.

The implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is not the same thing as the much broader legal term of art, "good faith." Trying to discuss them in the same article is like trying to write about apples and oranges in an article about apples or an article about oranges. It doesn't really work. For starters, the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing implicates a fairly specific set of public policies, which is why violations of that covenant are sometimes actionable as torts. Good faith in and of itself isn't a cause of action but is merely a general legal principle applied in enforcing recognized causes of action, like breach of contract. --Coolcaesar (talk) 00:18, 2 April 2019 (UTC)


 * , do you have sources which discuss this nuance? One of the legal reviews, Dubroff (2006), basically focuses entirely on the implied covenant of good faith. If the implied covenant of good faith is the apple, it doesn't seem like this article really discusses the orange at all, except to put the similar concept into context in other nations. I'm fine with renaming it back; focuses on British law and perhaps just wanted to use a more general title to accommodate an international discussion. Most of the work on the implied covenant arose in the United States according to reviews such as Dubroff. II  | (t - c) 03:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Just saw this. I will have to look up some sources sometime.  Unfortunately, I'm really busy right now both personally and professionally and my main Wikipedia priority at the moment is cleaning up the situation in Discovery (law). I finally figured out the rest of the history a couple of weeks ago and I've been looking for the time to revise that article and put it all together. --Coolcaesar (talk) 02:59, 21 April 2019 (UTC)