From Industrial to Legal Standardization, 1871-1914

From Industrial to Legal Standardization, 1871-1914

Author: Tilmann Röder

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2011-11-25

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 900421237X

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Around 1900, standard contracts and clauses spread throughout international industries such as transport, insurance and finance. The "earthquake clause", which was globally introduced by reinsurers after the 1906 San Francisco catastrophe, exemplifies this paradigmatic change of the law.