Insurance in Elizabethan England - The London Code

Examines the origins of English insurance, focusing on the first English insurance code and its proximity to continental mercantile practice.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Legal-Historical Background: 2. Some remarks on the origins of English insurance; 3. Insurance in late sixteenth-century England; Part II. The London Code: 4. Preamble: sea-carriage and averages; 5. The making of the London Code; 6. Object of Insurance; 7. Premium; 8. The parties; 9. Risks; 10. Ship and voyage; 11. Recovery; 12. Abandonment to the insurers; 13. Reinsurance; 14. Life insurance; Concluding remarks.

About the author

Guido Rossi is a lecturer in European legal history at the University of Edinburgh.

Summary

The early history of English insurance is mostly unknown. Using new and extensive archival material, Guido Rossi examines the first insurance code to be written and used in England and demonstrates both its deep links with continental practice and the very marginal role played by the common law.

Product details

• Authors: Guido Rossi Amari, Guido Rossi, Guido (University of Edinburgh) Rossi, Rossi Guido
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107112285
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11228-5
• No. of pages: 900
• Series: Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; History, Law, HISTORY / General, LAW / Legal History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Legal History, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards