From industrial to legal standardization, 1871-1914 : transnational insurance law and the great San Francisco earthquake /
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 o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
2012.
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| Series: | Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ;
v. 3. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004214637 9004214631 |
| ISSN: | 1874-1793 ; |
