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

• المؤلف الرئيسي: GOH, Yihan
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• الموضوعات: Contract terms; Contractual negotiations; Exclusionary rule; Interpretation; Asian Studies; Commercial Law; Contracts
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: 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

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...