试论合同法中的诚实信用原则——从规范的角度进行分析

On the Bona Fide Doctrine in the Contract Law

诚实信用原则起源于罗马法 ,确立于 190 7年的《瑞士民法典》。作为合同法基本原则的诚实信用原则 ,在不同的国家有着不同的立法表达方式 ,我国现行《合同法》规定的体系完整的义务群 ,是诚实信用原则的很好体现。诚实信用原则与合同法规范在产生依据、表现方式、适用等方面有着诸多不同的特点 :在我国合同法中 ,诚实信用原则具有重要的功能 ,它是合同当事人的行为准则 ,是立法者保证合同法内在精神统一性的重要概念和技术手段 ,是授予、也是限制法官自由裁量权的依据。

Bona fide doctrine stemmed from Roman law.It was confirmed by the Civil Law of Switzerland in 1907.As a basic principle of contract law,it has different legislative expressions in various nations.The complete systemic group of obligations in our current contract Law shows it well.It has quite different characters from how the rules of contract law come into being,how they manifestate and how they are being applied,etc.In the Contract Law of China,it plays an important function.It covers the rules obeyed by contracting parties and also the crucial concept and technical method,which assure the legislator to uniform the contract law from internal spirit.It impowers,as well as limits judges right of discretion.