Download or read book From Industrial to Legal Standardization, 1871-1914 written by Tilmann Röder and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 1900, standard contracts and clauses spread throughout international industries such as transport, insurance and finance. The "earthquake clause", which was globally introduced by reinsurers after the 1906 San Francisco catastrophe, exemplifies this paradigmatic change of the law.