A Wrong Turn in History: Re-understanding the Exclusionary Rule Against Prior Negotiations in Contractual Interpretation

• 主要作者: GOH, Yihan
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• 主題: Contract terms; Contractual negotiations; Exclusionary rule; Interpretation; Asian Studies; Commercial Law; Contracts
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1362; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3314/viewcontent/WrongTurnHistoryRe_understanding_2014.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

A reason justifying the exclusionary rule against prior negotiations in the interpretation of contracts is its longevity. Yet, the authorities commonly cited in support of the exclusionary rule are mostly traceable to Lord Wilberforce’s speech in the relatively recent case of Prenn v Simmonds. This...