Why does the law spurn win-win transactions?
Things we can't consent to, though no one knows why
A parable
Lessons
The social choice connection
Why is the law so full of loopholes?
The irresistible wrong answer
What is wrong with the irresistible answer?
The voting analogy
Turning the analogy into an identity
Intentional fouls
Why is the law so either/or?
The proverbial rigidity of the law
Line drawing as a matter of life and death
Why don't we punish all we condemn?
The undercriminalization problem
Multicriterial ranking and the undercriminalization problem
Final thoughts.