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?
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Provides an overview of how economic analysis can enrich an understanding of law and can provide standards for its critical evaluation. This book is directed primarily at lawyers and law students, particularly those who hitherto have been sceptical of the uses and value of law-and-economics.