- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations.
- 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"--
- Series Statement
- Brill's studies in maritime history, 2405-4917 ; volume 15
- Uniform Title
- Power and pains of polysemy (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Power and pains of polysemy (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- 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).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2022058755
- OCLC
- ssj0002799418
- Author
Dreijer, Gijs, 1992-
- Title
The power and pains of polysemy [electronic resource] : maritime trade, averages, and institutional development in the low countries (15th-16th centuries) / by Gijs Dreijer.
- Imprint
Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Series
Brill's studies in maritime history, 2405-4917 ; volume 15
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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