A referendum on Te Tiriti o Waitangi would be corrosive and unfair, writes Dame Anne Salmond, but there is room for a new government to initiate a mana-enhancing inquiry into recent interpretations of the treaty
  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Looks like “you cut, I choose” has a firm legal basis.

    According to the ‘contra proferentem’ rule (Latin: ‘against the offeror’; or ‘interpretation against the draftsman’) in interpreting contracts (including treaties), if an agreement is ambiguous, the preferred legal meaning is ‘the one that acts against the interests of the party who provided the wording.’