The chapter examines the influence, both linguistic and cultural, that the language of the United Kingdom Marine Insurance Act of 1906 has had on the language of some of the marine insurance statutes of other English-speaking countries, which have become in time more and more removed from their original legal, cultural and linguistic frameworks.

Uberrimae fidei: language choice and cultural undertones in the insurance of international trade

SOLLY, Martin
2008-01-01

Abstract

The chapter examines the influence, both linguistic and cultural, that the language of the United Kingdom Marine Insurance Act of 1906 has had on the language of some of the marine insurance statutes of other English-speaking countries, which have become in time more and more removed from their original legal, cultural and linguistic frameworks.
2008
Language, culture and the law
Peter Lang
Linguistic Insights
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141
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9783039114702
language choice and cultural influence; culture-bound legal concepts; language of legal provisions; Marine Insurance Act 1906
M.Solly
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