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JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE
The Contract Interpretation Two-Step: Step One, Ambiguity Determination and Step Two, the Battle of the Two Reasonable Meanings
Author(s): Nancy J. White
Citation: Nancy J. White, (2020) "The Contract Interpretation Two-Step: Step One, Ambiguity Determination and Step Two, the Battle of the Two Reasonable Meanings," Journal of Management Policy and Practice, Vol. 21, Iss. 4, pp. 10-26
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This article clarifies the two-step approach used by the courts to analyze contract interpretation issues and introduces the concept of the ‘Battle of the Two Reasonable Meanings’. The academic debate, which centers around whether the textualist approach (plain meaning and four corners of the document approach) or contextualist approach (use of outside evidence) is better, is a false dichotomy, both approaches are used, albeit in different steps (textualist at Step 1 and contextualist at Step 2) in the contract interpretation analysis.
