STANDARDS OF REASONABLENESS AND GOOD FAITH AS COMPONENTS OF SUBJECTIVE GOOD FAITH IN RUSSIAN LAW

Year: 
2026

Article:

Issue: 
2

UDC: 
347
DOI: 
10.34076/22196838_2026_2_71
Author(s): 

Piskov Ivan

Senior lawyer, ZettaLex, post-graduate, Ural State Law University named after V. F. Yakovlev (Yekaterinburg), ORCID: 0009-0006-2061-5522, e-mail: i.a.piskov@gmail.com

Author(s): 
Piskov Ivan
Abstract: 

The article examines the theoretical and practical aspects of the features that make up the category of subjective good faith in Russian civil law. The main attention is paid to the study of standards of reasonableness and good faith as components of this legal phenomenon. The purpose of the study is to analyze the content and correlation of the concepts of reasonableness and good faith in the context of their application to the assessment of the behavior of participants in civil turnover within the framework of the formula «knew or should have known». The paper examines the problems of distinguishing objective and subjective conscientiousness, as well as their relationship with the categories of guilt and prudence. The author proves that reasonable behavior is characterized by prudence and concern for one’s own affairs based on the use of objectively accessible information. On this basis, it is determined that subjective integrity can be represented through two objective standards of behavior: integrity and reasonableness.

Key words: 

subjective good faith, reasonableness, good faith, prudent behavior, guilt

For citation: 

Piskov I. (2026) Standards of reasonableness and good faith as components of subjective good faith in Russian law. In Elektronnoe prilozhenie k «Rossiiskomu yuridicheskomu zhurnalu», no. 2, pp. 71–78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.34076/22196838_2026_2_71.

Text of the article: 
English