1st Edition

Illegality in Marine Insurance Law

By Feng Wang Copyright 2017
208 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

208 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

208 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

Illegality in Marine Insurance Law is the first book to deal specifically with illegality in the context of marine insurance law. Previously, this issue has only ever been partially covered within analysis and criticism of Section 41 of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 and warranties. However, Dr Wang Feng goes much further than this by considering its impact on the common law relevant to marine... Read more

Part I: The Warranty of Legality in Marine Insurance Law



1. Marine Insurance Law of Warranty in General



2. Illegal Performance of Marine Insurance Contracts



Part II: Background to Common Law Illegality



3. The Illegality Defence in Tort Law and the Ex Turpi Causa Defence in Insurance



4. The Illegality Defence in Contract Law and its Application in Insurance Contracts



Part III: Common Law Rules in Marine Insurance: A Necessary Reform or a Supplementary Instrument?



5. The Differences between the Illegality Defence in Common Law and the Warranty of Legality in Marine Insurance and the Reasons for the Differences



6. Foreign Law Illegality in Marine Insurance Law



7. The Marine Insurance Legality Issue in Australia and Other Common Law Jurisdictions



8. Warranty of Legality from the Perspective of Insurance Act 2015



9. A Proposal for the Reform of Section 41

Biography

Dr Feng Wang is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Singapore.