Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

for manuscripts announced in the last 60 days in the criminal law and procedure journals are here.

CrimProf previously noted that these rankings should be taken with a grain of salt. Here's another grain. Though the ranking only includes manuscripts posted within the last 60 days, when a manuscript is revised, the 60 days starts to run again. But the total download count for a manuscript does not reset. So the list doesn't just compare brand new manuscripts with those posted 60 days ago. Indeed, this week's list includes one manuscript that was originally posted on June 11. Indeed six of the 10 articles listed were first posted more than 60 days ago.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with revising and reposting a manuscript. But to make it easier for readers to compare apples to apples, or at least to know what fruit is being compared with what fruit, the list below now includes the dates when the manuscript was first posted and last updated.

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	361	Culture, Cognition, and Consent: Who Perceives What, and Why, in 'Acquaintance Rape' Cases Dan M. Kahan, Yale University - Law School, Date posted to database: July 22, 2009 Last Revised: September 12, 2009
2	228	Unwitting Sanctions: Understanding Anti-Bribery Legislation as Economic Sanctions against Emerging Markets Andrew Brady Spalding, University of Mumbai (Bombay), Date posted to database: July 4, 2009 Last Revised: August 5, 2009
3	216	Minds, Brains, and Norms Michael S. Pardo, Dennis Patterson, University of Alabama School of Law, European University Institute, Date posted to database: July 13, 2009 Last Revised: July 13, 2009
4	183	Coming to Terms with Ruthlessness: Sovereign Equality, Global Pluralism, and the Limits of International Criminal Justice Brad R. Roth, Wayne State University Law School, Date posted to database: July 31, 2009 Last Revised: August 12, 2009
5	134	The Prosecutor as Regulatory Agency Rachel E. Barkow, New York University - School of Law, Date posted to database: July 3, 2009 Last Revised: August 10, 2009
6	114	Breaking the Law to Enforce it: Undercover Police Participation in Crime Elizabeth E. Joh, U.C. Davis School of Law, Date posted to database: July 3, 2009 Last Revised: August 27, 2009
7	106	Post-Racial Racism: Crime Control and Racial Stratification in the Age of Obama Ian F. Haney-Lopez, UC Berkeley School of Law, Date posted to database: June 12, 2009 Last Revised: July 21, 2009
8	103	Empirical Work in International Law: A Bibliographical Essay Tom Ginsburg, Gregory Shaffer, University of Chicago Law School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law, Date posted to database: August 5, 2009 Last Revised: September 8, 2009 [new to top-10 list this week]
9	99	The Unexceptionalism of Evolving Standards Corinna Lain, University of Richmond - School of Law, Date posted to database: July 10, 2009 Last Revised: August 10, 2009 [8th last week]
10	94	Power Rules Samuel Bray, Columbia Law School, Date posted to database: June 11, 2009 Last Revised: September 9, 2009