A aplicação da boa-fé objetiva nos negócios jurídicos reais

Abstract

Originating from human activity, the law relies on the social fact as a landmark reference which seeks social peace upon application of conflict-resolution rules and techniques. In pursuing social peace, the legal rule is applied to all branches of the law and stems from the influence of the environment surrounding it, being even reflected in the Civil Law, especially within the ambit of this paper, when it comes to Property Rights. In view of the corporeal nature of the human being, it is imperative to condition it to existing things and to their intersubjective relationships. Thus, the subject-matter of this paper consists in analyzing property rights and in confronting the application of objective good faith to such relations. This study will cover the legislative development of said legal institutes, their general features, the objective-good-faith paradigm pervading the law and their perceptible impacts in Property Rights, to finally explore the effectiveness of the application of objective good faith to the following legal situations: property; surface; easements; usufruct; use; dwelling; the right of the purchaser of real property; pledge; mortgage; and antichresis, and their impacts on the current normative legal system’s framework. Therefore, by scrutinizing both academic writings and judgments from domestic courts, particularly the Superior Court of Justice, as of the effective date of the Brazilian Civil Code of 2002 up until July 1, 2017, one has examined the concrete aspects involving the application of the objective good-faith to actual legal situations