Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Jerry II, Robert H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1800884230 ISBN 13: 9781800884236

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business, and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Providing a comprehensive overview of the body of law that regulates the insurance business, this Advanced Introduction evaluates the governing principles, policies, values, and purposes of insurance legislation and related judicial doctrines. It examines the ways in which the industry’s origins help us understand its present shape, and how insurance connects to major public policy issues that will shape the world for future generations.

Key Features:

• Introduces the fundamental rules and principles of insurance law
• Explores how these rules and principles intersect with important issues of public policy
• Discusses how insurance law shapes public choices in the modern world
• Examines the interactions between insurers and the people who purchase their products
• Proposes avenues for further research relating to fortuity, indemnity, misrepresentation and breach of warranty, settlement obligations, and risk classification

Providing an enlightening overview of insurance law in context, this Advanced Introduction will be crucial reading for students, scholars, and practitioners in business law, insurance law, and risk management.

About this title

About the Author

Robert H. Jerry, II, Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law Emeritus, School of Law, University of Missouri, and Dean Emeritus and Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law Emeritus, Levin College of Law, University of Florida, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800884230
• ISBN 13: 9781800884236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176