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From Industrial to Legal Standardization, 1871-1914 : Transnational Insurance Law and the Great San Francisco Earthquake

By Tilmann Röder

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2011
ISBN
9789004214637, 9789004212374
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1693157 bytes)
Series
Legal History Library
Edition
1
Pages
368\368
Time added
2023-08-25 03:31:35
LAW060000

Description

Around 1900, standard contracts and clauses spread throughout international industries such as transport, insurance and finance. The "earthquake clause," which was globally introduced by reinsurers after the 1906 San Francisco catastrophe, exemplifies this paradigmatic change of the law.

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