How to Read a Contract
41 Pages Posted: 16 Nov 2011
Date Written: March 15, 2003
Abstract
Reading theory informs us that we read different documents in different ways. We can’t just hand a person an unfamiliar text and tell them, “read this” and expect satisfactory results. We have to teach them how to read it. This article is a “think-through” that breaks the process of reading a contract into five distinct steps and guides the reader through each step.
Keywords: contract, drafting, reading, reading theory
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Burnham, Scott J., How to Read a Contract (March 15, 2003). Arizona Law Review, Vol. 45, p. 133, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1960126
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