Part Ⅰ Introduction 3
1 Introduction to Risks and Legal Theory 3
2 Four Perspectives on Risk 17
1. Risk as a Decision-Making Resource 18
2. Risk and Collective Technology 33
3. Risk, Control, and Governmentality 38
4. Risks and Hazards 47
5. Conclusion: Legal Theory and Perspectives on Risk 50
Part Ⅱ Risks in Legal Theory---Some Core Instances 55
3 Risks, Accidents and Insurance 55
1. Introduction to Chapters 3 and 4 55
2. Tort Law, Risk Control, and Insurance 61
3. Contractual Alternatives 75
4. Risks versus Uncertainties? 81
4 Risks, Outcomes, and Personal Responsibility 85
1. Tony Honore: Actions as Bets 87
2. Arthur Ripstein: Liberty and Security 103
3. The Changing Boundary Between Risks and Outcomes 114
5 Distributive Justice, Insurance and the Individual 121
1. Egalitarian Individualism and Risk: Dworkin’s Hypothetical Insurance Market 122
2. Mutuality and Solidarity 138
3. Beyond Solidarity? Individualisation,Differentiation, and Responsibility 142
4. Conclusions and Comparisons 153
Part Ⅲ Environment, Precaution, and Sources of Change 159
6 Environtnental Regulation, Risk, and Precaution 159
1. From Expert Systems, to Value Systems? Risk Assessment, Risk Perception, and ‘Acceptable Levels’ 163
2. Sources of Change 174
3. Uncertainty and a Principle of Precaution 192
Part Ⅳ Conclusion 203
7 Reflections 203
Index 209