Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network

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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal 
October 13, 2011 to December 12, 2011

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	394	The Corporation as Social Contract  M. Kaptein, Johan Wempe,  Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
2	212	Codification and Flexibility in Private International Law  Symeon C. Symeonides,  Willamette University - College of Law
3	204	Incentive Contracting  Ralph C. Nash,  George Washington University - Law School
4	150	How to Opt into the Common European Sales Law? Brief Comments on the Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation  Martijn W. Hesselink,  University of Amsterdam - Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL)
5	140	Bijzondere Overeenkomsten in Kort Bestek (Specific Contracts in a Nutshell)  Alain-Laurent Verbeke, Pieter Matthias Brulez, Nicolas Carette, Nele Hoekx,  University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN
6	126	Keynote Address: A Regulatory Framework for Managing Systemic Risk  Steven L. Schwarcz,  Duke University - School of Law
7	125	A Theory of Redressive Justice  Andrew S. Gold,  DePaul University - College of Law
8	124	Political Risk and Sovereign Debt Contracts  Stephen J. Choi, G. Mitu Gulati, Eric A. Posner,  New York University (NYU) - School of Law, Duke University - School of Law, University of Chicago - Law School
9	113	Arbitral Power and the Limits of Contract: The New Trilogy  Alan Scott Rau,  University of Texas at Austin School of Law
10	109	Endogenous Institutions: Law as a Coordinating Device  Gillian Hadfield, Barry R. Weingast,  USC Law School and Department of Economics, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic)  
October 13, 2011 to December 12, 2011

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	147	How to Opt into the Common European Sales Law? Brief Comments on the Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation  Martijn W. Hesselink,  University of Amsterdam - Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL)
2	113	Arbitral Power and the Limits of Contract: The New Trilogy  Alan Scott Rau,  University of Texas at Austin School of Law
3	80	Introduction: The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design  G. Mitu Gulati, Robert E. Scott,  Duke University - School of Law, Columbia University - Law School
4	60	Contract Versus Statute in Internet Governance  Lee A. Bygrave,  University of Oslo
5	56	Subprime Mortgages and the Case for Broadening the Duty of Good Faith  Chunlin Leonhard,  Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
6	55	Promissory Autonomy, Imperfect Courts, and the Immorality of the Expectation Damages Default  George G. Triantis,  Stanford Law School
7	42	Will Firms Consider a European Optional Instrument in Contract Law?  Gary Low,  Maastricht European Private Law Institute
8	38	The Holmesian Bad Man Flubs His Entrance  Barbara H. Fried,  Stanford Law School
9	38	Consumer Protection and the Islamic Law of Contract  Muhammad Akbar Khan,  International Islamic University
10	28	Rollen Und Rollenverständnisse Im Transnationalen Privatrecht (Roles and Role Perceptions in Transnational Private Law)  Ralf Michaels,  Duke University - School of Law

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