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 5, 2012 to September 3, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	1505	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	171	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	171	What Can Be Wrong with an Option? An Optional Common European Sales Law as a Regulatory Tool  Horst Eidenmueller,  University of Munich
4	161	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	152	Hollywood Deals: Soft Contracts for Hard Markets  Jonathan Barnett,  USC Gould School of Law
6	146	Featuring People in Ads  Eric Goldman, Rebecca Tushnet,  Santa Clara University - School of Law, Georgetown University - Law Center
7	120	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	88	The Importance of Fault in Contract Law  Robert A. Hillman,  Cornell Law School
9	83	Autonomy, Pluralism, and Contract Theory  Hanoch Dagan,  Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
10	82	The Tenuous Case for Derivatives Clearinghouses  Adam J. Levitin,  Georgetown University - Law Center

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) 
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic)  
July 5, 2012 to September 3, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	171	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),
2	171	What Can Be Wrong with an Option? An Optional Common European Sales Law as a Regulatory Tool  Horst Eidenmueller,  University of Munich
3	152	Hollywood Deals: Soft Contracts for Hard Markets  Jonathan Barnett,  USC Gould School of Law
4	88	The Importance of Fault in Contract Law  Robert A. Hillman,  Cornell Law School
5	83	Autonomy, Pluralism, and Contract Theory  Hanoch Dagan,  Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
6	82	The Return-Reducing Ripple Effects of the 'Carried Interest' Tax Proposals  Heather M. Field,  University of California - Hastings College of the Law
7	76	Reflections on the Two-Handed Lawyer: Thinking versus Action in Business Lawyering  Jeffrey M. Lipshaw,  Suffolk University - Law School
8	62	Contracts, Treaties and Umbrella Clauses: Some Jurisdictional Issues in International Investment Arbitration  Velimir Zivkovic,  University of Belgrade - Faculty of Law
9	55	Allocating Risk Through Contract: Evidence from M&A and Policy Implications  John C. Coates, IV,  Harvard Law School
10	55	The Contract that Neither Party Intends  David McLauchlan,  Victoria University of Wellington - Faculty of Law

 

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