Contractual Interpretation in Indian Evidence Act Jurisdictions: Compatibility with Modern Contextual Approach

• Main Author: GOH, Yihan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Contracts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1386; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3338/viewcontent/gyh_ContractualIntrepretationIndianEvidenceAct_2013.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper examines the approaches towards contractual interpretation taken by Commonwealth jurisdictions governed by the Indian Evidence Act. While some of these jurisdictions import the modern contextual approach into their domestic approaches, it will be argued that it is largely compatible with...