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Four Corners Rule

The "Four Corners Rule" is a legal interpretive principle in contract law, belonging to the class of evidentiary doctrines, that requires the terms of a written contract to be interpreted solely based on the text within its four corners, excluding any external evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings.

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Authors

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Institutions

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2017–2026

0

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Four Corners Doctrine

Parents

Publications

8

1–5 of 8

Authors

8

  1. SG
    Spencer G. Lucas

    New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, United States

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  2. OJ
    Orin J. Anderson

    New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, United States

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  3. RA
    Richard A. Posner

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  4. LC
    Lawrence C. Craig

    Washington Center, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. RG
    Robert G. Young

    University of Guelph, Canada

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

3

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    191 citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    143 citations

  3. Chicago Kent College of Law

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    143 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 143 citations

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