Top SSRN Downloads

Here are the top downloads from March 18, 2008 to May 17, 2008 from the SSRN Journal of Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law for all papers announced in the last 60 days.

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	409	Deduction Ad Absurdum: CEOs Donating Their Own Stock to Their Own Family Foundations David Yermack, New York University - Stern School of Business, Date posted to database: February 24, 2008 Last Revised: March 29, 2008
2	172	2007 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law John R. Ivimey, Jeffrey A. Cooper, Author - Affiliation Unknown, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Date posted to database: April 5, 2008 Last Revised: April 5, 2008
3	141	Perpetuities, Taxes, and Asset Protection: An Empirical Assessment of the Jurisdictional Competition for Trust Funds Robert H. Sitkoff, Max M. Schanzenbach, Harvard Law School, Northwestern University - School of Law, Date posted to database: April 2, 2008 Last Revised: April 2, 2008
4	141	Caregiving and the Case for Testamentary Freedom Joshua C. Tate, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, Date posted to database: March 25, 2008 Last Revised: May 9, 2008
5	106	The [Fiduciary] Duty of Fidelity Robert Flannigan, University of Saskatchewan, Date posted to database: March 14, 2008 Last Revised: May 15, 2008
6	99	Ask Not What Your Charity Can Do for You: Robertson v. Princeton Provides Liberal-Democratic Insights into Cy Pres Reform Iris Goodwin, Author - Affiliation Unknown, Date posted to database: April 24, 2008 Last Revised: April 24, 2008
7	87	Rector and Gore: Two Recent Flp Cases Wendy C. Gerzog, University of Baltimore - School of Law, Date posted to database: March 4, 2008 Last Revised: May 2, 2008
8	55	General Principles of Intestate Succession Under Hindu Law Tarun Jain, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Date posted to database: January 30, 2008 Last Revised: May 3, 2008
9	54	Text and Time: A Theory of Testamentary Obsolescence Adam J. Hirsch, Florida State University College of Law, Date posted to database: April 9, 2008 Last Revised: May 9, 2008
10	45	More is Not Always Better than Less: An Exploration in Property Law Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir, Hebrew University - Faculty of Law, Date posted to database: March 4, 2008 Last Revised: March 12, 2008