The Law of Marine Insurance

by Bennett, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780198258445
• ISBN10: 0198258445
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-08-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This work is the first modern book to give a clear and comprehensive account of English Marine Insurance Law. Aimed at practitioners who are unfamiliar with this subject and students at post-graduate level coming to Insurance Law for the first time, this book combines detailed analysis of modern statue and case law with clear comprehension of practice and commerce in the shipping world. The style is clear and readable and the work is thoroughly and meticulously researched and documented.

Author Biography

Howard N. Bennett is Lecturer in Law, University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
Table of European Legislation
Introduction to the Law of Marine Insurance	p. 1
Formation of Marine Insurance Contracts	p. 29
The Duty of Utmost Good Faith	p. 44
Marine Insurance Brokers	p. 80
An Introduction to Modern Marine Cover	p. 103
Principles of Causation	p. 115
Marine Risks	p. 136
The Inchmaree Clause	p. 155
Collision Losses	p. 173
War Risks	p. 179
Strikes Risks	p. 200
Excluded Perils	p. 217
Cover Provided by Mutual Insurance Associations	p. 236
Duration of Cover	p. 246
Attachment and Alteration of Risk	p. 261
Good Faith After the Formation of the Contract	p. 308
Rights of Third Parties	p. 332
Losses and Measures of Indemnity	p. 344
Subrogation and Associated Remedies	p. 402
Double Insurance and Contribution	p. 425
Appendix I	p. 439
Appendix II	p. 467
Appendix III	p. 493
Index	p. 537
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