| dc.description.abstract | The doctrine of good faith is a vital issue amongst the contractual issues of this period .It is considered
a main goal of every recognized law of contract system to be promoting good faith as well as fair
dealing in forming and performance of contracts. Basically, it has been a common argument in
supporting the notion of good faith that it helps in addressing bad faith manner in a clear and direct
conduct, allow the law to safeguard the realistic anticipations of women and men as well as encourage
a philosophy of contractual collaboration that would lead to economic efficiency. This study looks
into the concept of good faith from both the conventional law and Islamic law (Shariah) to find to
what extent both laws comply with each other. The study is doctrinal which utilizes descriptive
approach of qualitative research methodology which relies on secondary data in form of text books,
journals, newspapers, related websites etc. The study found that both the conventional law and Islamic
law support the principle of good faith. Shariah recognized the principle of good faith as it asks the
parties in a contract to abide by the requirement in various stages of the contract, especially sale
contract. Thus, the concept of good faith should have the same application in both Islamic and
conventional jurisdictions. | en_US |
