1.
How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students
11 The Green Bag 2d 51 (2007).
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 09 Mar 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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45,935
2.
Defending the Right to Self Representation: An Empirical Look at the Pro Se Felony Defendant
North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 423-487, January 2007, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-002
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 17 May 2006
Last Revised: 02 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Georgia School of Law
Downloads
8,504
3.
Financial Scandals and the Role of Private Enforcement: The Parmalat Case
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 40/2005
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 27 May 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance and Free University of Bozen, Bolzano - School of Economics and Management
Downloads
7,295
4.
Defense Against the Dark Arts of Copyright Trolling
103 Iowa Law Review 571 (2018)
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 16 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 09 Mar 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Independent
Downloads
6,844
5.
The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes
99 Cornell L. Rev. 387 (2014), Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-34
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 25 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 27 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law and Boston University - School of Law
Downloads
6,213
6.
Rule 68 Offers of Judgment: The Practices and Opinions of Experienced Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination Attorneys
University of Georgia Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-002
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 28 Jan 2007
Working Paper Series
Mercer University and University of Georgia Law School
Downloads
6,157
7.
Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use
Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, p. 117, 2016
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 27 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 08 Sep 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute
Downloads
6,035
8.
The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls
Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-45
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 19 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012
Working Paper Series
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law, Boston University - School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls
Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-45
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 19 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012
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5,830
The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls
Regulation, Vol. 34, No. 4, p. 26, Winter 2011-2012
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 10 Jan 2012
Downloads
486
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5,830
9.
The Subjects of the Constitution
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 5, 2010, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-25
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 18 May 2010
Last Revised: 25 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
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5,696
10.
Legal and Economic Issues in Litigation Arising from the 2007-2008 Credit Crisis
PRUDENT LENDING RESTORED: SECURITIZATION AFTER THE MORTGAGE MELTDOWN, Chapter 5, pp. 163-235, Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard Herring, and Robert Litan, eds., Brookings Institution Press, Washington DC, 2009, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 612, Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-5
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 03 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2010
Working Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Babson College and Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance
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5,404
11.
Deposition Tricks: The Dirty Dozen
Maryland Bar Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 48-50, July 2009, University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 4
Posted: 27 May 2010
Last Revised: 20 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Baltimore - School of Law
Downloads
5,231
12.
The Failure of Private Equity
Southern California Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 481, 2009
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 25 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads
5,167
13.
Procedural Justice
U San Diego Law & Econ Research Paper No. 04-02; U San Diego Public Law Research Paper No. 04-02
Number of pages: 129
Posted: 26 Feb 2004
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
There are 2 versions of this paper
Procedural Justice
U San Diego Law & Econ Research Paper No. 04-02; U San Diego Public Law Research Paper No. 04-02
Number of pages: 129
Posted: 26 Feb 2004
Downloads
4,045
Procedural Justice
67 Souther California Law Review 181 (2004)
Number of pages: 142
Posted: 17 Dec 2004
Last Revised: 06 Sep 2017
Downloads
2,744
Downloads
4,045
14.
The Relationship between Public Antitrust Enforcement and Private Actions for Damages
World Competition, Vol. 32, No. 1, March 2009
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Last Revised: 27 Nov 2013
Accepted Paper Series
King's College London – The Dickson Poon School of Law
Downloads
3,513
15.
Economic Analysis of Law
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 316, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 536
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 29 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School
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3,455
16.
Derivative Claims Under the Companies Act 2006: Much Ado About Nothing?
RATIONALITY IN COMPANY LAW: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF DD PRENTICE, J. Armour, J. Payne, eds., Hart Publishing, 2009, University College London Law Research Paper No. 09-02
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 15 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 28 Sep 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Brunel University London
Downloads
3,439
17.
The Rise and Fall of Invasive ISP Surveillance
University of Illinois Law Review, 2009, U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-22
Number of pages: 83
Posted: 31 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
3,375
18.
Consumer Protection in the United States: An Overview
European Journal of Consumer Law, May 2011
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 19 Jul 2007
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law - Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Loyola University of Chicago and Loyola University of Chicago
Downloads
3,296
19.
Empirically Evaluating Claims About Investment Treaty Arbitration
North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 88
Posted: 15 Mar 2007
Last Revised: 20 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
American University - Washington College of Law
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3,195
20.
Leveraged Buyout Bankruptcies, the Problem of Hindsight Bias, and the Credit Default Swap Solution
Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 1, p. 118, 2011, Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1632084
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 17 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 25 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - New York Office
Downloads
2,970
21.
Event Studies and the Law - Part I: Technique and Corporate Litigation
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 00-31; Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 259
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 01 May 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Finance and Yale Law School
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2,929
22.
A Law of Rules: A Critique and Reconstruction of Justice Scalia's View of the Rule of Law
APA Newsletters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 15 Mar 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
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2,921
23.
Enforcement Strategies in UK Corporate Governance: A Roadmap and Empirical Assessment
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 106/2008
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 21 May 2008
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
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2,883
24.
Investment Arbitration: Jurisdiction and Admissibility
University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 9/2014
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 08 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law
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2,868
25.
Inside the Judicial Mind
Cornell Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 4, May 2001
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 23 Feb 2001
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School, Cornell Law School and California Central District Court
Downloads
2,770
26.
Procedural Justice
67 Souther California Law Review 181 (2004)
Number of pages: 142
Posted: 17 Dec 2004
Last Revised: 06 Sep 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
There are 2 versions of this paper
Procedural Justice
U San Diego Law & Econ Research Paper No. 04-02; U San Diego Public Law Research Paper No. 04-02
Number of pages: 129
Posted: 26 Feb 2004
Downloads
4,045
Procedural Justice
67 Souther California Law Review 181 (2004)
Number of pages: 142
Posted: 17 Dec 2004
Last Revised: 06 Sep 2017
Downloads
2,744
Downloads
2,744
27.
The Forewarning Effect of Critical Audit Matter Disclosures Involving Measurement Uncertainty
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 17 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 15 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Department of Accounting
Downloads
2,672
28.
Judicial Precedents in Civil Law Systems: A Dynamic Analysis
International Review of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 04-15, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-19
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 22 Apr 2004
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
Downloads
2,653
29.
The Private Costs of Patent Litigation
Boston University School of Law Working Paper No. 07-08, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 02 May 2007
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law and Boston University - School of Law
Downloads
2,580
30.
The Procedural Lex Mercatoria: The Past, Present and Future of International Commercial Arbitration
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/51, CDAMS Discussion Paper No. 03/1E
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 06 Nov 2005
Last Revised: 18 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
The University of Sydney Law School
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2,578
31.
Attorney’s Fees, Nominal Damages, and Section 1983 Litigation
William & Mary Bill of Rights, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-32
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 21 Oct 2015
Last Revised: 13 May 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Georgia Law School and University of Georgia School of Law
Downloads
2,569
32.
Why Summary Judgment is Unconstitutional
Virginia Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 139, 2007, University of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 06-04
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 23 Feb 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Illinois College of Law
Downloads
2,529
33.
Stock Price Response to News of Securities Fraud Litigation: Market Efficiency and the Slow Diffusion of Costly Information
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 208
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 06 Dec 2000
Working Paper Series
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management, Stanford University Law School and St. John's University - School of Law
Downloads
2,487
34.
An Introduction to Arbitration
Bench & Bar (Kentucky), March 2006
Number of pages: 3
Posted: 13 Mar 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Ohio Northern University - Pettit College of Law
Downloads
2,481
35.
Public vs. Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law: A Survey
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 335
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 17 Dec 2006
Working Paper Series
Stanford University and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
Downloads
2,432
36.
Is Silence Golden? An Empirical Analysis of Firms that Stop Giving Quarterly Earnings Guidance
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 13 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and Columbia Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Is Silence Golden? An Empirical Analysis of Firms that Stop Giving Quarterly Earnings Guidance
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 13 Oct 2005
Downloads
2,399
Is Silence Golden? An Empirical Analysis of Firms that Stop Giving Quarterly Earnings Guidance
Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Posted: 21 Oct 2010
Downloads
2,399
37.
Should Private Antitrust Enforcement Be Encouraged in Europe?
World Competition: Law and Economics Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2003
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 26 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
King's College London – The Dickson Poon School of Law
Downloads
2,382
38.
Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the UK and US
as published in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Vol. 6, pp. 687-722, 2009, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 89, McCombs Research Paper Series, Paper No. FIN-02-07, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1105355, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 120, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 234
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 09 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law and University of York - York Law School
Downloads
2,355
39.
The Turing Test and the Legal Process
Information & Communications Technology Law, vol. 21, no. 2 (June 2012), pp. 113-126
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 01 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Central Florida
Downloads
2,350
40.
United States - China WTO Litigation (2001-2010): Active & Aggressive Litigants.
Virginia Lawyer, Vol. 59, p. 28, December 2010, GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 2011-03
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 29 Sep 2010
Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University (Schar School of Policy & Government)
Downloads
2,342
41.
An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, 2010, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-10, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 17 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt Law School
There are 2 versions of this paper
An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, 2010, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-10, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 17 Aug 2010
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2,273
An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 811-846, 2010
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 03 Jan 2011
Downloads
9
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2,273
42.
Arbitration: The 'New Litigation'
University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2010, No. 1, 2010, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009/15
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 09 Nov 2008
Last Revised: 24 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Pepperdine University School of Law
Downloads
2,233
43.
Litigation Cost Strategies, Settlement Offers and Game Theory
Posted: 31 May 2007
Last Revised: 26 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Saint Cross College
Downloads
2,222
44.
Whose Claim Is This Anyway? Third Party Litigation Funding
Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 4, 2011, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-31
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 07 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads
2,221
45.
Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
Forthcoming, The Business Lawyer, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 794
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Government of the State of Delaware - Supreme Court of Delaware
There are 2 versions of this paper
Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
Forthcoming, The Business Lawyer, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 794
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
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2,092
Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
Business Lawyer, May 2015 Forthcoming , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-9
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 14 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 15 Apr 2015
Downloads
286
Downloads
2,092
46.
The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 15 Oct 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law
Downloads
2,065
47.
Directors' Duties Under the UK Companies Act 2006 and the Impact of the Company's Operations on the Environment
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 14 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
University College London - Faculty of Laws and Brunel University London
Downloads
2,040
48.
A Model Litigation Finance Contract
99 Iowa L. Rev. 711 (2014)
, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-32
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 03 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Iowa - College of Law and Independent
Downloads
2,013
49.
The Impact of Internationally Mandatory Laws on the Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements
World Arbitration & Mediation Review, Vol. 3, pp. 91-120, 2009, LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 22/2009
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 02 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics - Law Department
Downloads
1,992
50.
The Valuation of Distressed Companies - a Conceptual Framework
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 25 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
3-4 South Square Barristers and South Square Chambers
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1,976
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