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Insurance and the Law

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  • Tom Baker

    (University of Connecticut)

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Insurance may be uniquely tied up with the law. Social insurance and other public sector insurance arrangements are creatures of statute, governed through administrative law. Private sector insurance arrangements depend upon a well-functioning contract law and a regulated market. Insurance thoroughly dominates the field of tort law, especially with respect to the liabilities of individuals and small business. Moreover, because insurance institutions inevitably exert a regulatory force over their subjects, insurance must be understood as a complement to direct state regulation. Finally, some social theorists have argued that insurance has exerted a profound ideological force on law and regulation, as activities increasingly are governed through risk.

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  • Tom Baker, "undated". "Insurance and the Law," University of Connecticut School of Law Working Papers uconn_ucwps-1004, University of Connecticut School of Law.
    • Handle: RePEc:bep:conlaw:uconn_ucwps-1004
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