Text vs. Context in Analyzing Written Contracts: An Overview. Over time, contract law has crept along a path leading from “text” toward “context,” and from a rigid “sanctity” toward a ...

Social context – What society would have known, understood and expected at the time of writing the text. Political context – A writer can be influenced by political situations, different types ...

The dictum “a text without a context is a pretext” may have theological origins but it has a bearing on journalism. David Halberstam, a 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner, explained the value of ...