Contract Interpretation

Contract interpretation is the legal method of determining the meaning of contractual provisions and ascertaining the parties' mutual intent through objective analysis of the agreement's written language and applicable interpretive principles.

182

Publications

9.6K

Citations

277

Authors

156

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Contractual InterpretationInterpretation Of Contracts

Parents

Contract Law

Children

Ambiguity In Contract LanguageAmbiguity ResolutionCommercial ContractsContextual InterpretationContra ProferentemCourse Of DealingCourse Of PerformanceExpress TermsImplied TermsIntegration Clauses

Publications

182

The Contractual Nature of the Firm

Steven N. S. Cheung · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 821 citations

Business, Contract Law, Contract Interpretation +11

Contracts, Norms, and Plural Form Governance

Joseph P. Cannon, Ravi S. Achrol, Gregory T. Gundlach · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science · 2000 · 701 citations

Business, Business Law, Contract Law +12

Interpretation of "writing": Comparison between provisions of the CISG (Article 13) and the counterpart provisions of the PECL

Ulrich G. Schroeter · edoc (University of Basel) · 2002 · 463 citations · Full text

Law, Contract Law, International Law +13

A Treatise on the Law of Contracts

Harold C. Havighurst, Samuel Williston · The Yale Law Journal · 1938 · 431 citations

Business, Contract Law, Private Law +10

Restoration of the Rule of Reason in Contract Formation: Has There Been Civil and Common Law Disparity

Kazuaki Sono · Cornell international law journal · 1988 · 356 citations · Full text

Business, Civil Law, Contract Law +7

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Authors

277

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Robert E. Scott
Mayo Clinic, United States
6 publications · 136 citations
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Alan Schwartz
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
4 publications · 85 citations
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Helena Haapio
University of Vaasa, Finland
3 publications · 76 citations
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Avery W. Katz
University of Michigan, United States
3 publications · 103 citations
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Joel Watson
University of California San Diego, United States
3 publications · 46 citations
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Institutions

156

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 31 publications · 1.3K citations
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eYLS (Yale Law School)
Repository · 9 publications · 221 citations
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Columbia Law Review
7 publications · 252 citations
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The Yale Law Journal
5 publications · 672 citations
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
4 publications · 141 citations
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See also Contract Interpretation
Core Methods	Contextualism Plain Meaning Rule Corpus Linguistics Canons Of Construction Parol Evidence Rule
Interpretive Rules	Contra Proferentem Inclusion By Omission Ejusdem Generis In Contracts General-specific Canon Textual Canons Parol Evidence Rule Teleological Interpretation
Evidence Sources	Precontractual Negotiations Trade Usage Corpus Linguistics Industry Custom
Interpretive Disputes	Parol Evidence Rule Objective Agreement Plain Meaning Rule Contra Proferentem Interpretive Canons For Conditions Contextualism
Jurisdictional Variants	Conflict Of Laws Common Law Systems Romano-germanic Legal Family