摘要：Recently, we came across a very well written and thoroughly researched article by Dharmananda and Firios entitled “Interpreting statutes and contracts: A distinction withouta difference?”.1The article made many excellent points and was very thought provoking –but it overlooked an aspect of legal interpretation which is central to the modern legal landscape, namely internationalisation. In all areas of law –arguably,especially in our field of commercial regulation –the regulatory effects of globalisation and harmonisation necessitate a different perspective on both statutory and contractual interpretation.2We do not disagree with the paper’s overarching conclusion thatthere are important parallels between contractual and legislative interpretation –but we posit that in the formula to establish this point it becomes increasingly important to include the international dimension. Not all domestic statues should be seen in a solely domestic light..
