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 
February 3, 2012 to April 3, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	248	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
2	223	Empirical Studies of Contract  Zev J. Eigen,  Northwestern University School of Law
3	203	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
4	199	A Numbers Game – The Legal Basis for an Optional Instrument in European Contract Law  Gary Low,  Maastricht European Private Law Institute
5	156	The Impact of the Broker-Dealer Fiduciary Standard on Financial Advice  Michael S. Finke, Thomas Patrick Langdon,  Texas Tech University, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN
6	130	The Effect of Bargaining Power on Contract Design  Albert H. Choi, George G. Triantis,  University of Virginia School of Law, Stanford Law Schoo
7	123	Regulating Shadow Banking  Steven L. Schwarcz,  Duke University - School of Law
8	122	Boomer-Ang Eldercare: Deductible Claim?  Wendy C. Gerzog,  University of Baltimore - School of Law
9	88	Does the Constitution Protect Economic Liberty?  Randy E. Barnett,  Georgetown University Law Center
10	86	What is Securitization? And for What Purpose?  Steven L. Schwarcz,  Duke University - School of Law

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic)  
February 3, 2012 to April 3, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	439	A Legal Analysis of Romantic Gifts  Ruth Sarah Lee,  Harvard Law School
2	223	Empirical Studies of Contract  Zev J. Eigen,  Northwestern University School of Law
3	212	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 Institutey
4	203	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
5	199	A Numbers Game – The Legal Basis for an Optional Instrument in European Contract Law  Gary Low,  Maastricht European Private Law Institute
6	130	The Effect of Bargaining Power on Contract Design  Albert H. Choi, George G. Triantis,  University of Virginia School of Law, Stanford Law School
7	101	The Psychology of Contract Precautions  David A. Hoffman, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan,  Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
8	88	The Case for a Common European Sales Law in an Age of Rising Nationalism  Martijn W. Hesselink,  University of Amsterdam - Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL),
9	88	Does the Constitution Protect Economic Liberty?  Randy E. Barnett,  Georgetown University Law Center
10	58	Parallel Contract  Aditi Bagchi,  University of Pennsylvania - Law School - Faculty

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