Insurance and the law of obligations

Insurance and the law of obligations / Rob Merkin and Jenny Steele.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Merkin, Robert M. (Author), Steele, Jenny (Law teacher) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Insurance law > Great Britain.
Liability insurance > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Obligations (Law) > Great Britain.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Insurance law
Liability insurance > Law and legislation
Obligations (Law)
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 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.

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