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This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	172	Law, Science, and Morality: A Review of Richard Posner's 'The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory' John Mikhail, Georgetown University - Law Center, Date posted to database: January 24, 2006 Last Revised: February 6, 2006
(2)	148	Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate John J. Donohue, Justin Wolfers, Yale Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department , Date posted to database: December 19, 2005 Last Revised: February 10, 2006
(3)	91	Giarratano is a Scarecrow: The Right to Counsel in State Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra School of Law, Date posted to database: January 6, 2006 Last Revised: February 1, 2006
(4)	86	The Japanese American Cases - A Bigger Disaster than We Realized Eric L. Muller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Law, Date posted to database: February 6, 2006 Last Revised: February 15, 2006
(5)	83	The Second Death of Capital Punishment J. Richard Broughton, United States Department of Justice - Capital Case Unit, Date posted to database: January 26, 2006 Last Revised: February 12, 2006

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	160	Law, Science, and Morality: A Review of Richard Posner's 'The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory' John Mikhail, Georgetown University - Law Center, Date posted to database: January 24, 2006 Last Revised: February 6, 2006
(2)	142	Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate John J. Donohue, Justin Wolfers, Yale Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department , Date posted to database: December 19, 2005 Last Revised: February 10, 2006
(3)	89	Giarratano is a Scarecrow: The Right to Counsel in State Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra School of Law, Date posted to database: January 6, 2006 Last Revised: February 1, 2006
(4)	79	The Second Death of Capital Punishment J. Richard Broughton, United States Department of Justice - Capital Case Unit, Date posted to database: January 26, 2006 Last Revised: February 12, 2006
(5)	77	The Japanese American Cases - A Bigger Disaster than We Realized Eric L. Muller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Law, Date posted to database: February 6, 2006 Last Revised: February 15, 2006

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	128	Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate John J. Donohue, Justin Wolfers, Yale Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department , Date posted to database: December 19, 2005 Last Revised: January 4, 2006
(2)	124	Law, Science, and Morality: A Review of Richard Posner's 'The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory' John Mikhail, Georgetown University - Law Center, Date posted to database: January 24, 2006 Last Revised: February 5, 2006
(3)	87	Giarratano is a Scarecrow: The Right to Counsel in State Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra School of Law, Date posted to database: January 6, 2006 Last Revised: February 1, 2006
(4)	78	No Penis, No Problem Kay L. Levine, Emory University - School of Law, Date posted to database: December 8, 2005 Last Revised: January 24, 2006
(5)	75	Hamdi's Habeas Puzzle: Suspension as Authorization? Trevor W. Morrison, Cornell University - School of Law, Date posted to database: December 14, 2005 Last Revised: January 30, 2006

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	97	Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate John J. Donohue, Justin Wolfers, Yale Law School, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department , Date posted to database: December 19, 2005 Last Revised: January 4, 2006
(2)	82	Giarratano is a Scarecrow: The Right to Counsel in State Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra School of Law, Date posted to database: January 6, 2006 Last Revised: January 27, 2006
(3)	79	Attention Felons: Evaluating Project Safe Neighborhoods in Chicago Andrew V. Papachristos, Tracey L. Meares, Jeffrey Fagan, University of Chicago - Department of Sociology, University of Chicago Law School, Columbia Law School, Date posted to database: November 30, 2005 Last Revised: December 7, 2005
(4)	70	No Penis, No Problem Kay L. Levine, Emory University - School of Law, Date posted to database: December 8, 2005 Last Revised: January 24, 2006
(5)	70	Hamdi's Habeas Puzzle: Suspension as Authorization? Trevor W. Morrison, Cornell University - School of Law, Date posted to database: December 14, 2005 Last Revised: December 21, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	442	Economic Analysis of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 29, 2005 Last Revised: December 16, 2005
(2)	258	No, Capital Punishment is Not Morally Required: Deterrence, Deontology, and the Death Penalty Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 28, 2005 Last Revised: December 5, 2005
(3)	155	The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 17, 2005 Last Revised: January 4, 2006
(4)	129	Punishment, Deterrence, and Avoidance Jacob Nussim, Avraham D. Tabbach, Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: December 2, 2005
(5)	101	Proportionality as a Principle of Limited Government Alice Ristroph, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law , Date posted to database: November 23, 2005 Last Revised: November 29, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	408	Economic Analysis of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 29, 2005 Last Revised: December 16, 2005
(2)	237	No, Capital Punishment is Not Morally Required: Deterrence, Deontology, and the Death Penalty Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 28, 2005 Last Revised: December 5, 2005
(3)	150	The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 17, 2005 Last Revised: January 4, 2006
(4)	126	Punishment, Deterrence, and Avoidance Jacob Nussim, Avraham D. Tabbach, Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: December 2, 2005
(5)	94	Proportionality as a Principle of Limited Government Alice Ristroph, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law , Date posted to database: November 23, 2005 Last Revised: November 29, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads from SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	356	Economic Analysis of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 29, 2005 Last Revised: December 16, 2005
(2)	226	No, Capital Punishment is Not Morally Required: Deterrence, Deontology, and the Death Penalty Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 28, 2005 Last Revised: December 5, 2005
(3)	197	Foreword: Limiting Raich Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: November 21, 2005
(4)	145	The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 17, 2005 Last Revised: January 4, 2006
(5)	121	Punishment, Deterrence, and Avoidance Jacob Nussim, Avraham D. Tabbach, Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: December 2, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads, are as follows:

(1_	302	Economic Analysis of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 29, 2005 Last Revised: December 16, 2005
(2)	218	No, Capital Punishment is Not Morally Required: Deterrence, Deontology, and the Death Penalty Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 28, 2005 Last Revised: December 5, 2005
(3)	197	Foreword: Limiting Raich Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: November 21, 2005
(4)	138	The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 17, 2005 Last Revised: December 7, 2005
(5)	118	Punishment, Deterrence, and Avoidance Jacob Nussim, Avraham D. Tabbach, Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: December 2, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers on SSRN, with number of recent downloads, are:

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
(1)	269	Economic Analysis of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 29, 2005 Last Revised: December 16, 2005
(2)	208	No, Capital Punishment is Not Morally Required: Deterrence, Deontology, and the Death Penalty Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 28, 2005 Last Revised: December 5, 2005
(3)	194	Foreword: Limiting Raich Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: November 21, 2005
(4)	134	The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: November 17, 2005 Last Revised: December 7, 2005
(5)	115	Punishment, Deterrence, and Avoidance Jacob Nussim, Avraham D. Tabbach, Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: December 2, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Downloads

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are:

(1)	185	Foreword: Limiting Raich Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: November 21, 2005
(2)	158	Property Rules and Liability Rules, Once Again Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: October 5, 2005 Last Revised: November 2, 2005
(3)	119	Prisons of the Mind: Social Value and Economic Inefficiency in the Criminal Justice Response to Mental Illness Amanda C. Pustilnik, Covington & Burling, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 8, 2005
(4)	115	Home as a Legal Concept Benjamin Barros, Widener University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 16, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(5)	85	Punishment, Deterrence, and Avoidance Jacob Nussim, Avraham D. Tabbach, Bar Ilan University - Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: December 2, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Downloads

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are:

(1)	173	Foreword: Limiting Raich Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: November 11, 2005 Last Revised: November 21, 2005
(2)	125	Property Rules and Liability Rules, Once Again Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: October 5, 2005 Last Revised: November 2, 2005
(3)	112	Prisons of the Mind: Social Value and Economic Inefficiency in the Criminal Justice Response to Mental Illness Amanda C. Pustilnik, Covington & Burling, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 8, 2005
(4)	111	Home as a Legal Concept Benjamin Barros, Widener University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 16, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(5)	75	The 'Wildavsky Heuristic': The Cultural Orientation of Mass Political Opinion John Gastil, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan, Paul Slovic, University of Washington, Yale University - Law School, Yale University - Law School, Decision Research, Date posted to database: October 28, 2005 Last Revised: November 3, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Downloads

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are:

(1)	122	Property Rules and Liability Rules, Once Again Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: October 5, 2005 Last Revised: November 2, 2005
(2)	108	Home as a Legal Concept Benjamin Barros, Widener University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 16, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(3)	104	Prisons of the Mind: Social Value and Economic Inefficiency in the Criminal Justice Response to Mental Illness Amanda C. Pustilnik, Covington & Burling, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 8, 2005
(4)	88	Separation of Powers and the Criminal Law Rachel Barkow, New York University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 21, 2005 Last Revised: October 7, 2005
(5)	66	Terrorism and the New Criminal Process John T. Parry, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Date posted to database: September 27, 2005 Last Revised: October 10, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Downloads

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are:

(1)	186	Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue David A. Hyman, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to database: September 7, 2005 Last Revised: September 20, 2005
(2)	120	Property Rules and Liability Rules, Once Again Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: October 5, 2005 Last Revised: November 2, 2005
(3)	105	Home as a Legal Concept Benjamin Barros, Widener University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 16, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(4)	98	Prisons of the Mind: Social Value and Economic Inefficiency in the Criminal Justice Response to Mental Illness Amanda C. Pustilnik, Covington & Burling, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 8, 2005
(5)	80	Separation of Powers and the Criminal Law Rachel Barkow, New York University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 21, 2005 Last Revised: October 7, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are:

(1)	185	Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue David A. Hyman, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to database: September 7, 2005 Last Revised: September 20, 2005
(2)	144	Repression and Denial in Criminal Lawyering Susan Bandes, DePaul University College of Law, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(3)	119	Property Rules and Liability Rules, Once Again Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: October 5, 2005 Last Revised: November 2, 2005
(4)	94	Home as a Legal Concept Benjamin Barros, Widener University - School of Law, Date posted to database: September 16, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(5)	90	Prisons of the Mind: Social Value and Economic Inefficiency in the Criminal Justice Response to Mental Illness Amanda C. Pustilnik, Covington & Burling, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 8, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are::

(1)	179	Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue David A. Hyman, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to database: September 7, 2005 Last Revised: September 20, 2005
(2)	170	Reasonable Suspicion and Mere Hunches Craig S. Lerner, George Mason University - School of Law, Date posted to database: August 25, 2005 Last Revised: September 1, 2005
(3)	131	Repression and Denial in Criminal Lawyering Susan Bandes, DePaul University College of Law, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(4)	114	Property Rules and Liability Rules, Once Again Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Date posted to database: October 5, 2005 Last Revised: October 13, 2005
(5)	99	Reformulating the Miranda Warnings in Light of Contemporary Law and Understandings Mark Godsey, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: October 6, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are:

(1)	493	The Political Constitution of Criminal Justice William J. Stuntz, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: August 14, 2005 Last Revised: October 6, 2005
(2)	174	Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue David A. Hyman, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to database: September 7, 2005 Last Revised: September 20, 2005
(3)	159	Reasonable Suspicion and Mere Hunches Craig S. Lerner, George Mason University - School of Law, Date posted to database: August 25, 2005 Last Revised: September 1, 2005
(4)	112	Repression and Denial in Criminal Lawyering Susan Bandes, DePaul University College of Law, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: September 16, 2005
(5)	97	Fourth Amendment Codification and Professor Kerr's Misguided Call for Judicial Deference Daniel J. Solove, The George Washington University Law School, Date posted to database: August 19, 2005 Last Revised: August 28, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads, are:

(1)	469	The Political Constitution of Criminal Justice William J. Stuntz, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: August 14, 2005 Last Revised: October 6, 2005
(2)	160	Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue David A. Hyman, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to database: September 7, 2005 Last Revised: September 20, 2005
(3)	141	Reasonable Suspicion and Mere Hunches Craig S. Lerner, George Mason University - School of Law, Date posted to database: August 25, 2005 Last Revised: September 1, 2005
(4)	91	Fourth Amendment Codification and Professor Kerr's Misguided Call for Judicial Deference Daniel J. Solove, The George Washington University Law School, Date posted to database: August 19, 2005 Last Revised: August 28, 2005
(5)	84	Reformulating the Miranda Warnings in Light of Contemporary Law and Understandings Mark Godsey, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Date posted to database: August 26, 2005 Last Revised: October 6, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	436	The Political Constitution of Criminal Justice William J. Stuntz, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: August 14, 2005 Last Revised: October 6, 2005
(2)	242	Aspects of the Theory of Moral Cognition: Investigating Intuitive Knowledge of the Prohibition of Intentional Battery and the Principle of Double Effect John Mikhail, Georgetown University - Law Center, Date posted to database: July 27, 2005 Last Revised: September 14, 2005
(3)	135	Rescue Without Law: An Empirical Perspective on the Duty to Rescue David A. Hyman, University of Illinois College of Law, Date posted to database: September 7, 2005 Last Revised: September 20, 2005
(4)	128	Data Matching, Data Mining, and Due Process Daniel J. Steinbock, University of Toledo - College of Law, Date posted to database: August 1, 2005 Last Revised: August 1, 2005
(5)	84	Fourth Amendment Codification and Professor Kerr's Misguided Call for Judicial Deference Daniel J. Solove, The George Washington University Law School, Date posted to database: August 19, 2005 Last Revised: August 28, 2005

This Week's Top 5 Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	552	Search and Seizure: Past, Present, and Future Orin S. Kerr, The George Washington University Law School, Date posted to database: July 14, 2005 Last Revised: July 14, 2005
(2)	405	The Political Constitution of Criminal Justice William J. Stuntz, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: August 14, 2005 Last Revised: August 25, 2005
(3)	239	Aspects of the Theory of Moral Cognition: Investigating Intuitive Knowledge of the Prohibition of Intentional Battery and the Principle of Double Effect John Mikhail, Georgetown University - Law Center, Date posted to database: July 27, 2005 Last Revised: September 14, 2005
(4)	124	Appeal Waivers and the Future of Sentencing Policy Nancy J. King, Michael O'Neill, Vanderbilt University School of Law, George Mason University - School of Law, Date posted to database: August 3, 2005 Last Revised: September 2, 2005
(5)	121	Data Matching, Data Mining, and Due Process Daniel J. Steinbock, University of Toledo - College of Law, Date posted to database: August 1, 2005 Last Revised: August 1, 2005

This Week's Top Crim Papers

This week's top 5 crim papers, with number of recent downloads on SSRN, are as follows:

(1)	518	Search and Seizure: Past, Present, and Future Orin S. Kerr, The George Washington University Law School, Date posted to database: July 14, 2005 Last Revised: July 14, 2005
(2)	384	The Political Constitution of Criminal Justice William J. Stuntz, Harvard Law School, Date posted to database: August 14, 2005 Last Revised: August 25, 2005
(3)	211	Aspects of the Theory of Moral Cognition: Investigating Intuitive Knowledge of the Prohibition of Intentional Battery and the Principle of Double Effect John Mikhail, Georgetown University - Law Center, Date posted to database: July 27, 2005 Last Revised: September 14, 2005
(4)	132	Against Prediction: Sentencing, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age Bernard E. Harcourt, University of Chicago - Law School, Date posted to database: July 27, 2005 Last Revised: July 30, 2005
(5)	121	Appeal Waivers and the Future of Sentencing Policy Nancy J. King, Michael O'Neill, Vanderbilt University School of Law, George Mason University - School of Law, Date posted to database: August 3, 2005 Last Revised: September 2, 2005