Insurance and the Law

Authors

Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow

ORCID

Tom Baker 0000-0002-0876-2312

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2001

Abstract

Insurance and the law traces the relationship between insurance and the legal field, with a particular focus on tort and insurance law. The article provides a conceptual description of insurance that emphasizes the role of insurance as a form of regulation, which links insurance to the more general topic of governing through risk.

Publication Title

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Publication Citation

In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Neil J. Smelser & Paul B. Baltes eds., Elsevier 2001)

Repository Citation

Baker, Tom, "Insurance and the Law" (2001). All Faculty Scholarship. 2744.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/2744