On 13 November, the PIs of the DEFINITIO project carried out a dissemination activity in the framework of the Science and Innovation Week 2024, under the title ‘The same expression, different legal systems: the example of “good faith”. The event took place at the beautiful headquarters of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation in Madrid. A group of young legal scholars had the opportunity to learn how the different meanings of good faith in the continental legal system and in Common Law have their roots in questions already raised by Cicero and the Roman jurists.
The participants were able, through an interactive presentation proposed by Professor Carmen Palomo, to put themselves in the place of the protagonists of the stories narrated by the great Roman orator in his De officiis in order to see the difficulty of defining good faith. This was followed by an examination of the key texts on the issue in Roman law, also in connection with the different definitions of malice offered by Servius and Labeon, edictal protection and the Diocletian rescript on laesio enormis.
Professor Juan Manuel Blanch, for his part, addressed the issue in comparative law. The participants were able to learn about the regulation of the issue in the Spanish, French and Italian codes (and perceive the echoes of the Servian definition in them), as well as in the Vienna Convention of 1980, the UNIDROIT principles and the principles of European contract law.
The activity concluded with a visit to the Academy's headquarters, including, in addition to the main hall, where the activity took place, the presidents' lounge and the library.
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