Keywords
insurance interpretation
insurance policy
general conditions
specific conditions
prevalence of specific conditions
interpretation rule
contractual hermeneutics
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Abstract
In the context of Contracts Law, one of the most resounding topics, but also one of the most current ones, as to contractual construction, not only with respect to non-standardized contracts but also standard-form contracts and consumption contracts, among other expressions of current business transactions, examining the modern rules of interpretation of contracts in the light of comparative law and Colombian law is useful, in particular, the rather well accepted rule of “prevalence of specific conditions over general conditions,” which is a sort of nucleus of contracting practices today, both from a general perspective and an individual perspective, especially as to what is related to the insurance agreement (insurance policy) where such rule is of the utmost importance, to the extent that a great deal of its structure and subsequent development, in fact, has materialized as to the active and rich insurance legal relationship.
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