Fire and Life Insurance in the Dutch Republic.

Development and legal aspects.
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-428-18350-0
Verlag: Duncker & Humblot

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

Reihe: Comparative Studies in the History of Insurance Law / Studien zur vergleichenden Geschichte des Versicherungsrechts

The thesis researches the influence of marine insurance law on the development of fire and life insurance law in the Dutch Republic (1581–1795). Fire and life insurance are often seen as offspring of marine insurance, following the latter’s principles and rules ›mutatis mutandis‹. However, this theory of marine insurance as a single starting point for other types of insurance is rebutted by the various mutual fire insurance contracts found in the Zaanstreek and other parts of the Dutch Republic. This study reviews sources already known and hitherto unknown sources. As most of the sources consist of contracts, the research deals with insurance contract law. These contracts were concluded throughout the Dutch Republic at different times by varying parties. Therefore, instead of resorting to a uniform and doctrinal approach, the study takes on a casuistic approach. Instances of fire and life insurance are treated on a case-by-case basis within their own relevant circumstances.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sirks, Delphine

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Westeuropa, Südeuropa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. History of fire insurance law
Introduction – Premium fire insurance contracts – Mutual fire insurance contracts – Rotterdam Insurance Company of 1720 – Amsterdam insurance legislation on fire insurance – Various developments from the 1770s onwards
3. History of life insurance law
Introduction – On the prohibition of life insurance – Instances of short-term life insurance policies – The Dutch Life Insurance Company of 1807
4. Conclusion
Appendices
List of archival sources
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Delphine Sirks successfully completed both her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Dutch Law at the Universiteit Leiden. Having spent semesters abroad at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, the Universität Wien and the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, as well as a research period at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome as a student, she took the opportunity to conduct her PhD research in legal history at the Universität Augsburg within the ›A Comparative History of Insurance Law in Europe‹-project, which she successfully defended in a joint doctorate at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She currently works at the latter university as an assistant professor in legal history.