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?
Costs and cautionary tales : economic insights for the law by A. I. Ogus. ISBN 9781841133690. Published by Hart Pub. in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.