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 
July 12, 2012 to September 10, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	1578	A Transactional Genealogy of Scandal: From Michael Milken to Enron to Goldman Sachs  William W. Bratton, Adam J. Levitin,  University of Pennsylvania - Law School, Georgetown University - Law Center
2	178	What Can Be Wrong with an Option? An Optional Common European Sales Law as a Regulatory Tool  Horst Eidenmueller,  University of Munich
3	175	You Definitely Should Have: A Contractual Look at Israeli Wedding Gift Culture  Zvi H. Triger,  Striks School of Law, The College of Management Academic Studies (COLMAN)
4	172	The Dynamics of Contract Evolution  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
5	163	Hollywood Deals: Soft Contracts for Hard Markets  Jonathan Barnett,  USC Gould School of Law
6	147	Featuring People in Ads  Eric Goldman, Rebecca Tushnet,  Santa Clara University - School of Law, Georgetown University - Law Center
7	126	Contract and Innovation: The Limited Role of Generalist Courts in the Evolution of Novel Contractual Terms  Ronald J. Gilson, Charles F. Sabel, Robert E. Scott,  Stanford Law School, Columbia University - Law School, Columbia University - Law School
8	93	The Importance of Fault in Contract Law  Robert A. Hillman,  Cornell Law School
9	88	Intellectual Property and Shrinkwrap Licenses  Mark A. Lemley,  Stanford Law School
10	88	Disarming the Trojan Horse of the UAAA and SPARTA: How America Should Reform its Sports Agent Laws to Conform with True Agency Principles  Marc Edelman,  Barry University - Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic)  
July 12, 2012 to September 10, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	178	What Can Be Wrong with an Option? An Optional Common European Sales Law as a Regulatory Tool  Horst Eidenmueller,  University of Munich
2	175	You Definitely Should Have: A Contractual Look at Israeli Wedding Gift Culture  Zvi H. Triger,  Striks School of Law, The College of Management Academic Studies (COLMAN)
3	163	Hollywood Deals: Soft Contracts for Hard Markets  Jonathan Barnett,  USC Gould School of Law
4	93	The Importance of Fault in Contract Law  Robert A. Hillman,  Cornell Law School
5	90	The Return-Reducing Ripple Effects of the 'Carried Interest' Tax Proposals  Heather M. Field,  University of California - Hastings College of the Law
6	88	Disarming the Trojan Horse of the UAAA and SPARTA: How America Should Reform its Sports Agent Laws to Conform with True Agency Principles  Marc Edelman,  Barry University - Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
7	87	Autonomy, Pluralism, and Contract Theory  Hanoch Dagan,  Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
8	78	Reflections on the Two-Handed Lawyer: Thinking versus Action in Business Lawyering  Jeffrey M. Lipshaw,  Suffolk University - Law School
9	75	Allocating Risk Through Contract: Evidence from M&A and Policy Implications  John C. Coates, IV,  Harvard Law School
10	67	The Government’s Proposed 'Review of Australian Contract Law': A Preliminary Positive Response  Luke R. Nottage,  University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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