Article 1170 of the Civil Code regulates the general obligation to act in good faith in the negotiation and execution of contracts. From the legal nature of the obligation good faith has important consequences in terms of sanctioning its non-compliance: this obligation does not follow the regime of non fulfilment of an obligation contractual, i.e. it does not activate in favor of the creditor the rights stipulated in article 1516 NCC. A distin...