Contemporanea Expositio

Definition of Contemporanea Expositio

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contemporanea Expositio : (Latin: contemporaneous interpretation)

The interpretation of a document in the sense in which it would have been interpreted at the time of its making. This principle is applied particularly to the interpretation of ancient documents.

Contemporanea Expositio

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on contemporanea expositio explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

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Further Reading

• The entry “contemporanea expositio” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press