Keywords
Good Faith
Law
Own Acts
Good Faith.
How to Cite
Abstract
The present paper approaches, from a legal, doctrinal and jurisprudential
perspective, the concept and extent of the “Own Acts Doctrine” or “Venire
Contra Factum Proprium Nulla Conceditur” as a general principle of what
it implies as a right, according to different law systems and, in particular,
according to Argentinean law. It settles and analyzes the requirements for its
due application in each precise case and to prevent therefore any discretional
uses, acting either as a shield against inappropriate pretensions or as a device
to silence an exasperating judged pretension, which, paradoxically have been
given to this valuable tool founded on good faith.
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