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 6, 2012 to March 6, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	428	The Scope and Implications of Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. (2011)  Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Elizabeth Gibson, Randal C. Picker, R. Patrick Vance,  Covington & Burling LLP, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law, University of Chicago - Law School, Jones Walker - New Orleans Office
2	372	Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2011: Twenty-Fifth Annual Survey  Symeon C. Symeonides,  Willamette University - College of Law
3	175	Empirical Studies of Contract  Zev J. Eigen,  Northwestern University School of Law
4	166	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
5	162	Bankruptcy, Backwards: The Problem of Quasi-Sovereign Debt  Anna Gelpern,  American University Washington College of Law
6	142	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, Faculty
7	118	Contract Theory: Is There a Path Through the Theoretical Jungle?  Martin Hogg,  University of Edinburgh - School of Law
8	108	Boomer-Ang Eldercare: Deductible Claim?  Wendy C. Gerzog,  University of Baltimore - School of Law,
9	99	Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent  Mark C. Weidemaier,  University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law
10	90	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 6, 2012 to March 6, 2012 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 261 A Legal Analysis of Romantic Gifts  Ruth Sarah Lee,  Harvard Law School 2 175 Empirical Studies of Contract  Zev J. Eigen,  Northwestern University School of Law 3 142 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, Faculty 4 118 Contract Theory: Is There a Path Through the Theoretical Jungle?  Martin Hogg,  University of Edinburgh - School of Law 5 99 Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent  Mark C. Weidemaier,  University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law 6 81 Aggregation and Law  Ariel Porat, Eric A. Posner,  Tel Aviv University, University of Chicago - Law School 7 69 A Dual Approach to Contract Remedies  Michael D. Knobler,  Yale University - Law School 8 64 Beyond Ex Post Expediency - An Ex Ante View of Rescission and Restitution  Richard R. W. Brooks, Alexander Stremitzer,  Yale University - Law School, UCLA School of Law 9 62 A Numbers Game – The Legal Basis for an Optional Instrument in European Contract Law  Gary Low,  Maastricht European Private Law Institute 10 58 Managing Disputes Through Contract: Evidence from M&A  John C. Coates, IV,  Harvard Law School

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