The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance Deduced From a Critical.

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ISBN-13: 9781584778172; ISBN-10: 1584778172. "The Author Seems to Have Exhausted the Whole Learning on the Subject": James Kent Duer, John. The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance Deduced From a Critical Examination of the Adjudged Cases, the Nature and Analogies of the Subject, and the General Usage of Commercial Nations. Originally published: New York: J.S. Voorhies, 1845-1846. 2 Vols. xxxiv, 775; xxiii, 808 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778172. Attractive smyth sewn blue cloth bound hardcovers with contrasting red and green gilt stamped spine labels. New. $150. * Reprint of the only edition. This monumentally detailed work stands as the first definitive, comprehensive American treatise dedicated exclusively to marine insurance law. A pioneer in comparative jurisprudence, Duer uniquely synthesized Anglo-American case law with early continental European commercial customs and maritime ordinances. His groundbreaking analysis advanced a distinct American standard for the doctrine of "utmost good faith" (uberrimae fidei) and propounded a strict test for the "materiality of risk" that remains a core point of divergence between U.S. and British insurance law today. This transatlantic legal impact earned the treatise high praise from seminal jurist James Kent, who celebrated Duer for "exhausting the whole learning on the subject" in a "glowing, perspicuous, and eloquent style.".…

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Title
The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance Deduced From a Critical.
Author
Duer, John
Publication year
2007
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Hardcover
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. specializes in all aspects of law and legal history. Our publication program offers reprints of over 800 landmark works as well as original books. We invite offers of antiquarian, scholarly and current practice materials. Founded in 1983, we currently serve thousands of individuals and institutions worldwide. Law books - Out of print, Scholarly, Rare, and Reprints of Legal Classics. We also handle secondhand primary and secondary source material for practicing lawyers. Generally someone is available Monday-Friday 9:00 - 6:00PM(Eastern Time). Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.…

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