The power and pains of polysemy : maritime trade, averages, and institutional development in the low countries (15th-16th centuries) / by Gijs Dreijer.
Publisher:
Brill,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xii, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Exeter & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2021) issued under title "The power and pains of polysemy : general average, maritime trade and normative practice in the Southern Low Countries (fifteenth-sixteenth centuries)." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The power and pains of polysemy -- General average in formal sources of law -- GA in legal practice -- Contractual varieties of averages and cost management -- Consular averages, compulsory contributions and protection costs -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"As the fall-out of the Ever Given Suez canal blockage shows, an ancient instrument like General Average (GA) is still highly relevant in redistributing risks and costs in maritime trade. However, bar marine insurance, not much is known about the development of tools of maritime risk management like GA, which redistributes extraordinary costs incurred for the common safety of maritime ventures. This book investigates the development of General Average and other so-called Averages in the Low Countries on the eve of the early modern period, showing how the various varieties of Averages played a significant role in the development of maritime risk management and the broader institutional development in the Low Countries"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Brill's studies in maritime history, 2405-4917 ; volume 15
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.