Weekly Top 10

After a long hiatus, we’re back with the Weekly Top 10. It's a little heavy on commercial law this week, but there are some very nice contracts pieces that have hit the web in the last couple of months.  Following are the top ten most-downloaded new papers from the SSRN Journal of Contract and Commercial Law for the 60 days ending March 30, 2009).

1 Rethinking Free Speech and Civil Liability, Daniel J. Solove (Geo. Washington) & Neil M. Richards (Washington U.).

2 Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, Melissa B. Jacoby (No. Carolina).

3 Limitation of Sales Warranties as an Alternative to Intellectual Property Rights: An Empirical Analysis of iPhone Warranties' Deterrent Impact on Consumers, Marc Lane Roark (Missouri)

4 A License to Deceive: Enforcing Contractual Myths Despite Consumer Psychological Realities, Debra Pogrund Stark (John Marshall) & Jessica M. Choplin (DePaul).

5 True Sale of Receivables: A Purposive Analysis, Kenneth C. Kettering (New York LS).

6 Intent to Contract, Gregory Klass (Georgetown).

7 Rational Ignorance, Rational Closed-Mindedness, and Modern Economic Formalism in Contract Law, Shawn J. Bayern (Duke)

8 Analytical Jurisprudence and the Concept of Commercial Law, John Linarelli (La Verne).

9 The Sale of the Century and its Impact on Asset Securitization: Lehman Brothers, Stephen J. Lubben (Seton Hall) & Chip Bowles (Greenebaum Doll & McDonald).

10 Public Procurement: Focus on People, Value for Money and Systemic Integrity, Not Protectionism, Steven L. Schooner & Christopher R. Yukins (Geo. Washington).

[Frank Snyder]