Risks and wrongs jules l coleman abstract this book is concerned with the conflict between the goals of justice and economic efficiency in the allocation of risk especially risk pertaining to safety the book approaches the subject from the premise that the market is central to liberal political moral and legal theory the first part of the book rejects traditional rational choice . This classic book by one of americas preeminent legal theorists is concerned with the conflict between the goals of justice and economic efficiency in the allocation of risk especially risk pertaining to safety the author approaches his subject from the premise that the market is central to liberal political moral and legal theory in the first part of the book he rejects traditional rational choice liberalism in favor of the view that the market operates as a rational way of fostering . Risks and wrongs market paradigm in particular it rejects the second primitive namely the perfectly competitive market as the analytic and normative point of departure for our understanding of cooper ative interaction including law schemes of mutually imposed constraints are schemes of rational cooperation in the market. Risks and wrongs jules l coleman this major new book by one of americas preeminent legal theorists is concerned with the conflict between the goals of justice and economic efficiency in the allocation of risk especially risk pertaining to safety the author approaches his subject from the premise that the market is central to liberal wrongly excluded wrongs and wrongful gain 22 useful distinc . Risks and wrongs jules l coleman abstract this book is concerned with the conflict between the goals of justice and economic efficiency in the allocation of risk especially risk pertaining to safety the book