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TOP 10 Papers for Legal Scholarship Network

January 2, 1997 to May 20, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 118892 'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
Daniel J. Solove,
George Washington University Law School,
Date posted to database: July 12, 2007
Last Revised: March 6, 2013
2 81486 Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling,
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased),
Date posted to database: July 19, 1998
Last Revised: May 18, 2013
3 64732 What is Marriage?
Sherif Girgis, Robert George, Ryan T. Anderson,
Princeton University Department of Philosophy, Princeton University - Department of Politics, University of Notre Dame Department of Political Science,
Date posted to database: December 11, 2010
Last Revised: November 23, 2012
4 51140 Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private and Public Law Enforcement
John R. Lott, William M. Landes,
University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland, University of Chicago Law School,
Date posted to database: April 21, 1999
Last Revised: June 7, 1999
5 33153 Fuck
Christopher M. Fairman,
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 17, 2006
Last Revised: January 10, 2007
6 25680 Conspiracy Theories
Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty,
Date posted to database: January 17, 2008
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
7 25517 Separation of Ownership and Control
Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen,
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business (Finance Authors), Harvard Business School,
Date posted to database: November 29, 1998
Last Revised: August 14, 2006
8 24682 What Matters in Corporate Governance?
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Allen Ferrell,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Harvard Law School,
Date posted to database: September 21, 2004
Last Revised: April 17, 2009
9 23272 The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime
John J. Donohue, Steven D. Levitt,
Stanford University - Law School, University of Chicago,
Date posted to database: August 12, 1999
Last Revised: May 1, 2001
10 21197 The Subprime Crisis: Cause, Effect and Consequences
Christopher Whalen,
Indiana State University - Networks Financial Institute,
Date posted to database: April 2, 2008
Last Revised: June 17, 2008

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Legal Scholarship Network

March 21, 2013 to May 20, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 4581 The Dangers of Surveillance
Neil M. Richards,
Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 25, 2013
Last Revised: April 24, 2013
2 1263 The Failure of Crits and Leftist Law Professors to Defend Progressive Causes
Brian Z. Tamanaha,
Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 1, 2013
Last Revised: May 15, 2013
3 1105 The Rise of Contingent Fee Representation in Patent Litigation
David L. Schwartz,
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Date posted to database: January 24, 2012
Last Revised: November 29, 2012
4 998 Why Did Law Professors Misunderestimate the Lawsuits against PPACA?
David A. Hyman,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 16, 2013
Last Revised: April 16, 2013
5 970 Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2012: Applying Leiter Scores to Rank the Top Third
Gregory C. Sisk, Valerie Aggerbeck, Debby Hackerson, Mary Wells,
University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) - School of Law, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) - School of Law, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) - School of Law,
Date posted to database: July 17, 2012
Last Revised: November 1, 2012
6 963 Poisoning the Next Apple: How the America Invents Act Harms Inventors
David Abrams, R. Polk Wagner,
University of Pennsylvania - Law School - Faculty, University of Pennsylvania Law School,
Date posted to database: July 12, 2011
Last Revised: March 11, 2013
7 826 Financial Instruments in Italian Co-Operative Companies
Sara Meloni,
LUISS Guido Carli University,
Date posted to database: April 8, 2013
Last Revised: April 8, 2013
8 783 Nietzsche Against the Philosophical Canon
Brian Leiter,
University of Chicago,
Date posted to database: April 20, 2013
Last Revised: April 20, 2013
9 748 Investment Consultants and Institutional Corruption
Jay Youngdahl,
Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics,
Date posted to database: April 24, 2013
Last Revised: April 28, 2013
10 718 Waiting to Vote in 2012
Charles Stewart III,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Political Science,
Date posted to database: April 4, 2013
Last Revised: April 10, 2013



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