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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Judges (Courts) (Topic)

January 2, 1997 to May 23, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 2161 Blinking on the Bench: How Judges Decide Cases
Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski , Andrew J. Wistrich,
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Cornell Law School, Independent,
Date posted to database: November 2, 2007
Last Revised: December 17, 2007
2 1685 The Federal Circuit and Inequitable Conduct: An Empirical Assessment
Lee Petherbridge, Jason Rantanen,
Loyola Marymount University - Loyola Law School Los Angeles, University of Iowa - College of Law,
Date posted to database: October 3, 2010
Last Revised: May 31, 2012
3 1676 Understanding Legal Realism
Brian Z. Tamanaha,
Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law,
Date posted to database: April 30, 2008
Last Revised: August 13, 2008
4 1220 Hustle and Flow: A Social Network Analysis of the American Federal Judiciary
Daniel Martin Katz, Derek K. Stafford,
Michigan State University - College of Law, University of Michigan - Department of Political Science,
Date posted to database: April 16, 2008
Last Revised: July 15, 2010
5 1135 The New Summary Judgment Motion: The Motion to Dismiss Under Iqbal and Twombly
Suja A. Thomas,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Law,
Date posted to database: October 27, 2009
Last Revised: June 15, 2010
6 1045 What Judges Think of the Quality of Legal Representation
Richard A. Posner, Albert Yoon,
Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law,
Date posted to database: August 31, 2010
Last Revised: October 14, 2010
7 1017 Legal Reasoning
Barbara A. Spellman, Frederick Schauer,
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law,
Date posted to database: February 7, 2012
Last Revised: February 14, 2012
8 937 Practice Makes Perfect? An Empirical Study of Claim Construction Reversal Rates in Patent Cases
David L. Schwartz,
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Date posted to database: April 16, 2008
Last Revised: September 28, 2010
9 869 How an Instrumental View of Law Corrodes the Rule of Law
Brian Z. Tamanaha,
Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law,
Date posted to database: December 14, 2006
Last Revised: December 14, 2006
10 847 An Empirical Study of Supreme Court Justice Pre-Appointment Experience
Benjamin H. Barton,
University of Tennessee College of Law,
Date posted to database: February 25, 2012
Last Revised: April 19, 2012

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Judges (Courts) (Topic)

March 24, 2013 to May 23, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 82 The Supreme Court Sourcebook: Table of Contents and Preface
Richard Henry Seamon, Andrew M. Siegel, Joseph T. Thai, Kathryn A. Watts,
University of Idaho - College of Law, Seattle University School of Law, University of Oklahoma - College of Law, University of Washington - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 8, 2013
Last Revised: May 13, 2013
2 66 Rehabilitating Concession Theory
Stefan J. Padfield,
University of Akron School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 3, 2013
Last Revised: May 3, 2013
3 64 Where Do the Prophets Stand?: Hamdi, Myth, and the Master's Tools
Linda H. Edwards,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 1, 2013
Last Revised: May 22, 2013
4 58 Michigan Peremptory Orders: A Supreme Oddity
Gary Maveal,
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law,
Date posted to database: April 6, 2013
Last Revised: May 6, 2013
5 52 The Supreme Court's New Source of Legitimacy
Or Bassok,
Tikvah Scholar, NYU School of Law ,
Date posted to database: May 2, 2013
Last Revised: May 3, 2013
6 49 The Partisanship Spectrum
Justin Levitt,
Loyola Marymount University - Loyola Law School Los Angeles,
Date posted to database: March 26, 2013
Last Revised: March 26, 2013
7 43 Schooling the Supreme Court
Christine Kexel Chabot,
Loyola University Chicago School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 23, 2013
Last Revised: March 23, 2013
8 36 Reason in the Supreme Court: Making Your Mind Up
James Lee,
University of Birmingham - School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 3, 2013
Last Revised: May 3, 2013
9 32 Aliens on the Bench: Lessons in Identity, Race and Politics from the First 'Modern' Supreme Court
Lori A. Ringhand,
University of Georgia School of Law,
Date posted to database: December 7, 2012
Last Revised: March 21, 2013
10 31 An Empirical Study of the Use of Legal Scholarship in Supreme Court Trademark Jurisprudence
Derek Simpson, Lee Petherbridge,
Unaffiliated Authors - Independent, Loyola Marymount University - Loyola Law School Los Angeles,
Date posted to database: March 25, 2013
Last Revised: March 28, 2013



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