Keywords:
1. Introduction -- 2. Interpretation as Initially a Type of Translation -- 3. Relaxation of the Translation Approach Subject to an Ambiguity Constraint -- 4. Relaxation of the Ambiguit y Constraint -- 5.The Intention of the Parties as the Underlying Interpretative Principle -- 6. Intention of the Parties and Ambiguity -- 7. Intention of the Parties and Rectification -- 8. Intention of the Parties and Implication of Terms -- 9. Conclusion
Notes:
This essay was first published in C Mitchell and S Watterson (eds), The World of Maritime and Commercial Law : Essays in Honour of Francis Rose (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2020) 243. It is based on a speech delivered for the Mr Justice Russell Brown Law Lecture Series , University of Alberta, 9 January 2020