Hellwege, Phillip: From Guild Welfare to Hellwege, Phillip: From Guild Welfare to Bismarck Care: Professional guilds and the origins of modern social security law and insurance law in Germany. Comparative Studies in the History of Insurance Law = Studien zur vergleichenden Geschichte des Versicherungsrechts, Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2020, 348 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-428-18155-1
German literature on the history of insurance stresses the importance of professional guilds for the shaping of insurance and insurance law. Similarly, scholars researching the genesis of Germany’s social security claim the importance of guilds as predecessor of...