Finding, Sharing and Risk of Loss: Of Whales, Bees and Other Valuable Finds in Iceland, Denmark and Norway
The focus of the paper is twofold: the first part is about how property rights were assigned and ranked in finds, both in those items such as bees, rings and other valuables which were previously owned, and also in those things, like whales, which were unowned. We focus on Icelandic, Danish and Norw...
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ftumichlaw:oai:repository.law.umich.edu:articles-3931 2024-02-11T10:05:03+01:00 Finding, Sharing and Risk of Loss: Of Whales, Bees and Other Valuable Finds in Iceland, Denmark and Norway Miller, William I. Vogt, Helle 2015-06-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://repository.law.umich.edu/articles/2927 https://repository.law.umich.edu/context/articles/article/3931/viewcontent/Finding_20sharing_20and_20risk_20of_20loss.pdf unknown University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository https://repository.law.umich.edu/articles/2927 https://repository.law.umich.edu/context/articles/article/3931/viewcontent/Finding_20sharing_20and_20risk_20of_20loss.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Articles property rights sharing insurance whales bees risk of loss law Iceland Norway Denmark resources European Law Legal History Property Law and Real Estate text 2015 ftumichlaw 2024-01-14T17:48:35Z The focus of the paper is twofold: the first part is about how property rights were assigned and ranked in finds, both in those items such as bees, rings and other valuables which were previously owned, and also in those things, like whales, which were unowned. We focus on Icelandic, Danish and Norwegian laws from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, yet most of the provisions were copied into later laws and were in force up until modern times, some even current now. The second part treats the question of how risks of loss were handled, and how simple forms of insurance-like institutions arose, aggressively, to encourage risk spreading and overall risk lowering by sharing. The Icelandic laws, especially, show a rather remarkable sophistication regarding risk sharing. They were very alert to the kinds of strategies of avoidance people might employ to evade the rules. Text Iceland University of Michigan Law School: Scholarship Repository Norway |
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The focus of the paper is twofold: the first part is about how property rights were assigned and ranked in finds, both in those items such as bees, rings and other valuables which were previously owned, and also in those things, like whales, which were unowned. We focus on Icelandic, Danish and Norwegian laws from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, yet most of the provisions were copied into later laws and were in force up until modern times, some even current now. The second part treats the question of how risks of loss were handled, and how simple forms of insurance-like institutions arose, aggressively, to encourage risk spreading and overall risk lowering by sharing. The Icelandic laws, especially, show a rather remarkable sophistication regarding risk sharing. They were very alert to the kinds of strategies of avoidance people might employ to evade the rules. |
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Finding, Sharing and Risk of Loss: Of Whales, Bees and Other Valuable Finds in Iceland, Denmark and Norway |
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