The Similarity is Obvious…
For those of you wondering what law school reading is all about, I have excerpted a textbook example of how accessible the law really is.
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The below text comes from Basic Contract Law 8th Edition by Fuler & Eisenberg 2006.
“There is a rule of substantive law which states that whenever contractual intent is sought to be ascertained from among several expressions of the parties, an earlier tentative expression will be rejected in favor of a later expression that is final. More simply stated, the contract made by the parties supersedes tentative promises made in earlier negotiations. Consequently, in determining the content of the contract, the earlier tentative promises are irrelevant.”
-Midway through the following paragraph-
“The similarity between the parol evidence rule and the rule stated in the preceding paragraph is obvious.”
And this is why lawyers are paid the big bucks…
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