Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal 
January 20, 2012 to March 20, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	244	The Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law: Shortcomings of the Most Recent Textual Layer of European Contract Law  Horst Eidenmueller, Nils Jansen, Eva-Maria Kieninger, Gerhard Wagner, Reinhard Zimmermann,  University of Munich, University of Muenster, University of Wuerzburg, University of Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
2	221	Emerging Policy and Practice Issues (2011)  Steven L. Schooner, David J. Berteau,  George Washington University - Law School, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Defense - Industrial Initiatives Group,
3	202	Empirical Studies of Contract  Zev J. Eigen,  Northwestern University School of Law
4	186	A License is Not a 'Contract Not to Sue': Disentangling Property and Contract in the Law of Copyright Licenses  Christopher M. Newman,  George Mason University - School of Law, Facult
5	165	A Numbers Game – The Legal Basis for an Optional Instrument in European Contract Law  Gary Low,  Maastricht European Private Law Institute
6	130	Contract Theory: Is There a Path Through the Theoretical Jungle?  Martin Hogg,  University of Edinburgh - School of Law,
7	116	Boomer-Ang Eldercare: Deductible Claim?  Wendy C. Gerzog,  University of Baltimore - School of Law
8	106	Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent  Mark C. Weidemaier,  University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law
9	105	Regulating Shadow Banking  Steven L. Schwarcz,  Duke University - School of Law
10	95	The WTO’s Revised Government Procurement Agreement - An Important Milestone Toward Greater Market Access and Transparency in Global Public Procurement Markets  Robert D. Anderson, Steven L. Schooner, Collin D. Swan,  World Trade Organization, George Washington University - Law School, George Washington University - Law School

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic)  
January 20, 2012 to March 20, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	369	A Legal Analysis of Romantic Gifts  Ruth Sarah Lee,  Harvard Law School
2	202	Empirical Studies of Contract  Zev J. Eigen,  Northwestern University School of Law
3	185	A License is Not a 'Contract Not to Sue': Disentangling Property and Contract in the Law of Copyright Licenses  Christopher M. Newman
4	165	A Numbers Game – The Legal Basis for an Optional Instrument in European Contract Law  Gary Low,  Maastricht European Private Law Institute
5	144	The Common European Sales Law and the CISG - Complicating or Simplifying the Legal Environment?  Nicole Kornet, Nicole Kornet,  Maastricht University - European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI), Maastricht University - METRO Institute
6	130	Contract Theory: Is There a Path Through the Theoretical Jungle?  Martin Hogg,  University of Edinburgh - School of Law
7	106	Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent  Mark C. Weidemaier,  University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law
8	83	Aggregation and Law  Ariel Porat, Eric A. Posner,  Tel Aviv University, University of Chicago - Law School
9	82	The Psychology of Contract Precautions  David A. Hoffman, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan,  Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
10	76	Scaffolding: Using Formal Contracts to Build Informal Relations to Support Innovation  Iva Bozovic, Gillian Hadfield,  University of Southern California - School of International Relations, USC Law School and Department of Economics

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