Insurance and the law of obligations
Title:
Insurance and the law of obligations
Author:
Merkin, Robert M., author.
ISBN:
9780191507915
9780191747823
9781299916500
9780191507922
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xlii, 414 pages)
Contents:
Insurance in the law of obligations -- Characterizing insurance -- Insurance contracts and insurance market -- Regulatory dimensions -- Subrogation -- Loss-spreading -- Allocation of risk in voluntary arrangements -- Allocation of risk and tort law -- Compulsory liability insurance -- Vicarious liability -- Insurance and illegal conduct -- The asbestos litigation -- Insurance in litigation.
Abstract:
The insurance industry has a significant impact on the operation of private law, yet remains poorly understood and under-theorized in the legal literature. Filling an important gap, this book analyses the interaction of insurance law and the general law of obligations, in theory and practice.
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