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This book describes and analyzes the law of contract interpretation in the United States, offering a strong guide for legal practitioners, judges, and scholars involved in contract law. Structured along two dimensions, Elements of Contract Interpretation first takes a look at the "elements" within contract interpretation. This includes the particular sources of evidence, the building blocks of interpretation that the courts recognize when interpreting contracts. Such examples include the governing contract terms; the circumstances when the contract is made; each party's purpose; usages; and the maxims of contract interpretation. The second dimension is three theories of contract interpretation - literalism, objective theory, and subjective theory. Each theory allows a court to recognize a different set of interpretive elements, and, in practice, how the law of different jurisdictions in the U.S. endorse one theory or another. Since some jurisdictions combine theories within a two- or three-step framework for analysis, this type of law makes this book a primary resource for both practitioners and academics.

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Book category Books in English Law Laws of Specific jurisdictions Company, commercial & competition law

• Full title: Elements of Contract Interpretation
• Author: Steven J. Burton
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9780195337495
• ISBN: 0195337492
• ID: 04518075
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 536 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 162 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. January 2009

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