Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network

Stephen Colbert (pictured) often makes a big deal about the "Colbert Bump" that candidates get from appearing on his show, but that's nothing compared to the Berggren Bump that contracts profs get when ContractsProf Blog Intern 2.0 Justin Berggren posts about their work.  Take as a case in point Zev Eigen, whose work Empirical Studies of Contract was enjoying the respectful obscurity that all too often greets works of serious scholarship.   But now that Justin has given his endorsement of Professor Eigen's project, he's sprung to the top of the Law & Society: Contracts Top Ten!

Folks on the Contracts & Commercial Law Top Ten, you'd better watch out if you are north of #5.  And the rest of you, perhaps it's time you had your people contact Justin's people.  But don't come on too strong.  Start by taking him to lunch.

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal
December 30, 2011 to February 28, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	422	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	359	Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2011: Twenty-Fifth Annual Survey Symeon C. Symeonides, Willamette University - College of Law
3	160	Bankruptcy, Backwards: The Problem of Quasi-Sovereign Debt Anna Gelpern, American University Washington College of Law
4	134	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	133	Empirical Studies of Contract Zev J. Eigen, Northwestern University School of Law
6	111	Contract Theory: Is There a Path Through the Theoretical Jungle? Martin Hogg, University of Edinburgh - School of Law
7	104	Boomer-Ang Eldercare: Deductible Claim? Wendy C. Gerzog, University of Baltimore - School of Law, Date posted to database: February 6, 2012 Last Revised: February 6, 2012
8	96	Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent Mark C. Weidemaier, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law,
9	87	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
10	78	A Radical View of Legal Pluralism Jan M. Smits, Maastricht University Faculty of Law - Maastricht European Private Law Institute (M-EPLI),

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic)
December 30, 2011 to February 28, 2012

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	132	Empirical Studies of Contract Zev J. Eigen, Northwestern University School of Law
2	111	Contract Theory: Is There a Path Through the Theoretical Jungle? Martin Hogg, University of Edinburgh - School of Law
3	96	Judging Lite: How Arbitrators Use and Create Precedent Mark C. Weidemaier, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law
4	77	Aggregation and Law Ariel Porat, Eric A. Posner, Tel Aviv University, University of Chicago - Law School, Date posted to database: December 20, 2011 Last Revised: February 23, 2012
5	65	A Dual Approach to Contract Remedies Michael D. Knobler, Yale University - Law School, Date posted to database: December 9, 2011 Last Revised: February 10, 2012
6	60	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
7	54	Contract Law's Inefficiency David M. Driesen, Syracuse University - College of Law
8	53	Private Law and Moral Practices Part 1: Contract Prince Saprai, George Letsas, University College London - Faculty of Laws , University College London - Faculty of Laws
9	50	Non-State Law in the (Proposed) Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Contracts Genevieve Saumier, Lauro Gama, McGill University - Faculty of Law, PUC-Rio
10	48	Contracts Meet Henry Ford Barak D. Richman, Duke University - School of Law

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