Keywords
Law
Interpretation and Construction
Proper Acts
actos propios
good faith
contractual interpretation
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Abstract
This article is one of the products of the research project “Interpretation and Application of Private Law” that has been carried out by the Study Group on Private Law in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. In this text we intend to prove that the actos propios doctrine is a useful tool of contractual interpretation. The figure has barely been studied in Colombia that is the reason why we start by explaining the notion of that doctrine in particular as a derivation of the good faith principle given its binding force and interpretation function. Then, the article analyses the application requirements of the figure and finally it describes its limits, essential subjects to an adequate use of the doctrine during the interpretative process of the contracts.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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