A System of the Law of Marine Insurances, with Three Chapters on Bottomry, on Insurances on Lives, and on Insurances Against FireThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005 - 516 pages Reprint of the second American edition, based on the third London edition, 1797, to which it is starred. First published in 1787, Park's Marine Insurances was the first English treatise on the subject and, according to Holdsworth, "the best." It went through numerous editions, both in England and America and remained the standard text until the mid-nineteenth century. It begins with a history of insurance in the maritime states of Europe. The following chapters explain average, salvage, abandonment and how insurance policies are constructed. The final sections address liability and topics dealing with procedure and evidence. Cases and authorities are discussed at length, underlying principles are given as well. Holdsworth, A History of English Law VIII:263. |
Contents
Of the Policy i | 32 |
Os the Construction of the Policy | 39 |
Of Losses by Perils of the Sea | 61 |
Of Losses by the Barratry of the Master or Mariners | 83 |
Of partial Losses and of Adjustment | 97 |
Of General or Gross Average | 121 |
Of Salvage 131 | 131 |
Of Abandonment | 150 |
Of Wager Policies | 259 |
Of ReAssurance and of Double Insurance | 276 |
Os Changing the Ship | 290 |
Of Noncompliance with Warranties 318 | 315 |
Of Return f Premium | 367 |
Of the Proceedings upon Policies of Insurance | 393 |
Of Bottomry and Respondentia | 410 |
Os Insurances upon Lives | 429 |
Of Fraud in Policies | 174 |
Of SeaWorthiness 2o | 219 |
Of illegal Voyages | 232 |
Os Prohibited Goods | 244 |
Of Insurances against Fire | 441 |
APPENDIX | 459 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abandon action afterwards agreed allowed amount answer appeared arrived assured average barratry benefit brought cafe called captain cargo carried cause CHAP chapter circumstances commerce Company condition consequence consideration considered contract convoy course court damage decision defendant deviation direct discharged effect enemy England entitled evidence fact fail fame foreign fraud freight French give given ground happened held intended interest judges jury Justice liable London Lord Mansfield loss lost master material means mentioned merchants months nature necessary never objection occasion opinion owner paid particular parties person plaintiff policy of insurance port premium present principles proved provisions question reason received recover respect risk rule sailed salvage ship statute taken thing tion total loss trade trial underwriter usage verdict vessel void voyage warranty whole writers
References to this book
The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War David Syrett Limited preview - 1998 |