Costs and cautionary tales: economic insights for the law
In: Legal theory today
In: Bloomsbury collections
1. Setting the scene. 2. Law and wealth creation. 3. The structure of the law. 4. Implicit pricing and behavioural incentives. 5. Risk allocation and risk management. -- 6. Corrective justice : damage, causation and responsibility -- 7. Wrongdoing and welfare maximisation -- 8. Protecting the disadvantaged. -- 9. Lawyers and their influence on the law. -- 10. Conclusions : is there an economist in the house?