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 California, Berkeley School of Law
Downloads
50,304
2.
Fuck
Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 59, Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working Paper Series No. 39
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 17 Apr 2006
Working Paper Series
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads
37,223
3.
The Perfect Crime
Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 93, No. 2, 2005, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02-14
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 25 Mar 2005
Last Revised: 29 Jun 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Michigan State University College of Law
Downloads
22,168
4.
Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
UCLA Law Review, Vol. 57, p. 1701, 2010, U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 9-12
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 13 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 22 Feb 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
21,801
5.
Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases
University of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper, No. 12-018
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 10 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Michigan Law School
Downloads
18,142
6.
Law on Obligations and Contracts in the Philippines: An Overview
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 Apr 2014
Working Paper Series
Far Eastern University
Downloads
14,147
7.
Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 18 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 05 Jan 2015
Working Paper Series
Durham University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 18 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 05 Jan 2015
Downloads
13,566
Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Post-Graduate Newsletter, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 4-12, November 2003
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 01 Dec 2005
Last Revised: 11 Sep 2010
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4,303
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13,566
8.
The Fall of Enron
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-38
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 17 Oct 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School
Downloads
13,443
9.
Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 09 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Working Paper Series
Baylor University, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 09 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Downloads
13,036
Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime
ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 11-042
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 15 Jul 2011
Downloads
951
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13,036
10.
Internet Surveillance Law after the USA Patriot Act: The Big Brother that Isn't
97 Northwestern University Law Review 607 (2003).
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 19 Jul 2002
Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Downloads
12,015
11.
Drugged Out: How Cognitive Bias Hurts Drug Innovation
51 San Diego Law Review 419 (2014)
Number of pages: 90
Posted: 01 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 09 Aug 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
Downloads
11,074
12.
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be...Lawyers
Vanderbilt Law and Economics Working Paper No. 09-29
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 31 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 12 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
10,978
13.
Logic for Law Students: How to Think Like a Lawyer
University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 02 Mar 2007
Last Revised: 28 Jun 2014
Accepted Paper Series
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, University of Arkansas - School of Law and Eastern District of California
Downloads
10,824
14.
The Right to Remain Silent: A New Answer to an Old Question
Criminal Justice, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 3
Posted: 01 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 05 Mar 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Regent University - School of Law
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10,686
15.
Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song
56 Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 335 (2009) , GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 392
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 21 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 12 Oct 2019
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University - Law School
Downloads
10,472
16.
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center, Crime Prevention Research Center and Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
10,329
17.
A User's Guide to the Stored Communications Act, and a Legislator's Guide to Amending it
72 George Washington Law Review 1208 (2004).
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 05 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 06 Jul 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Downloads
10,261
18.
Safe Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime
Yale Law School, Law & Economics Working Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 22 May 2000
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center and Crime Prevention Research Center
There are 2 versions of this paper
Safe Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime
Yale Law School, Law & Economics Working Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 22 May 2000
Downloads
10,259
Safe Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime
Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 44, No. 2, Part 2
Posted: 06 May 2002
Downloads
10,259
19.
Liberal Radicalism: A Flexible Design For Philanthropic Matching Funds
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 18 Sep 2018
Last Revised: 31 Dec 2018
Working Paper Series
Ethereum Foundation, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Microsoft Research New York City
Downloads
10,170
20.
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
Cato Institute Whitepaper Series
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 02 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 17 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
Independent
There are 2 versions of this paper
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
Cato Institute Whitepaper Series
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 02 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 17 Mar 2010
Downloads
10,089
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies
Posted: 29 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 07 Feb 2013
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10,089
21.
Cybercrime's Scope: Interpreting 'Access' and 'Authorization' in Computer Misuse Statutes
78 New York University Law Review 1596 (2003).
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 18 Feb 2004
Last Revised: 17 Mar 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Downloads
10,086
22.
Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 11 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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9,919
23.
2017 Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study
Number of pages: 122
Posted: 21 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 27 Sep 2017
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Downloads
9,773
24.
Facebook Tracks and Traces Everyone: Like This!
Tilburg Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 03/2011
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 11 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
TNO Information and Communication Technology in Delft
Downloads
9,196
25.
Contracts for Clouds: Comparison and Analysis of the Terms and Conditions of Cloud Computing Services
Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 63/2010
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 02 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
University of London - Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London, School of Law - Centre for Commercial Law Studies and Queen Mary University of London, School of Law
Downloads
9,096
26.
Law and Borders - the Rise of Law in Cyberspace
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 48, p. 1367, 1996
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 01 Feb 1997
Accepted Paper Series
Independent and Independent
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8,985
27.
A Revealed-Preferences Ranking of Law Schools
69 Alabama Law Review 495 (2017)
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 17 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Roger Williams University School of Law and University of Kentucky - College of Law
Downloads
8,862
28.
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
8,523
29.
Encryption Workarounds
106 Georgetown Law Journal 989 (2018).
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 22 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 13 May 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley School of Law and Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Downloads
8,252
30.
Two Faces: Demystifying the Mortgage Electronic Registration System's Land Title Theory
William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 01 Oct 2010
Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Downloads
8,102
31.
How a Botched Study Fooled the World About the U.S. Share of Mass Public Shootings: U.S. Rate is Lower than Global Average
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 28 Sep 2018
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
7,634
32.
The Law and Legality of Smart Contracts
1 Georgetown Law Technology Review 304 (2017)
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 25 Sep 2016
Accepted Paper Series
New York University School of Law
Downloads
7,396
33.
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
7,155
34.
Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials
Number of pages: 472
Posted: 25 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center)
Downloads
7,053
35.
A Short Treatise on Fantasy Sports and the Law: How America Regulates its New National Pastime
Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Vol. 3, January 2012
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 09 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 05 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
City University of New York - Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business
Downloads
6,974
36.
Secret Liens and the Financial Crisis of 2008
American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 83, p. 253, 2009
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 05 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 16 Oct 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Downloads
6,928
37.
Introduction to Theory and Method in Socio-Legal Research
THEORY AND METHOD IN SOCIAL-LEGAL RESEARCH, R. Banakar, M. Travers, eds., Oxford, Hart, 2005
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 11 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lund University - Sociology of Law and University of Tasmania
Downloads
6,739
38.
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2016
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 27 Jul 2016
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
6,612
39.
Is Disruptive Blockchain Technology the Future of Financial Services?
69 The Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 232 (2016)
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 31 May 2016
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
6,400
40.
Copyfraud
Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 40, New York University Law Review, Vol. 81, p. 1026, 2006
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 25 Aug 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Illinois College of Law
Downloads
6,367
41.
Race, the War on Drugs, and the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction
Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, Vol. 6. p. 253, 2002
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 06 May 2003
Last Revised: 14 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Davis - School of Law
Downloads
6,288
42.
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
Downloads
6,152
43.
The Law and Economics of Contracts
Handbook of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 296
Number of pages: 144
Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University - Law School and Stanford Law School
Downloads
6,053
44.
Coin-Operated Capitalism
Columbia Law Review, Vol. 119, p. 591, 2019, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-37
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 18 Jul 2018
Last Revised: 31 May 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School - Student/Alumni/Adjunct and University of Pennsylvania - Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition
Downloads
5,958
45.
How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared
Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-07, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-54
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 31 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois College of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared
Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-07, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-54
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 31 Mar 2014
Downloads
5,870
How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 829-866, 2014
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 29 Oct 2014
Downloads
5
Downloads
5,870
46.
Foreclosure, Subprime Mortgage Lending, and the Mortgage Electronic Registration System
University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 78, No. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 09 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 01 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Downloads
5,846
47.
Board Structure in the UK and Germany: Convergence or Continuing Divergence?
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 25 Mar 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford- Faculty of Law
Downloads
5,840
48.
Government Data and the Invisible Hand
Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 11, p. 160, 2009
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 28 May 2008
Last Revised: 02 Jan 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center, Princeton University - Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University - Center for Information Technology Policy and Princeton University - Center for Information Technology Policy
Downloads
5,839
49.
The Internet of Things and Wearable Technology: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns without Derailing Innovation
Adam Thierer, The Internet of Things and Wearable Technology: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns without Derailing Innovation, 21 RICH. J.L. & TECH. 6 (2015).
Number of pages: 118
Posted: 12 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 20 Feb 2015
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads
5,760
50.
The Generative Internet
Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119, p. 1974, May 2006, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 28/2006, Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2006/1
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 13 Nov 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Downloads
5,743
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