SSRN Law & Courts eJournal

1.

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: 14 Sep 2012

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Sonja B. Starr

University of Michigan Law School

Downloads 11,959

2.

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

Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

Georgetown University Law Center

Downloads 5,430

3.

Patent Case Management Judicial Guide - Third Edition

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2637605

Number of pages: 1230 Posted: 04 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2016

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Peter S. Menell, Lynn H. Pasahow, James H. A. Pooley, Matthew Powers, Steven C. Carlson, Jeffrey G. Homrig, George F. Pappas, Carolyn Chang, Colette Reiner Mayer and Marc David Peters

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Fenwick & West LLP, Independent, Tensegrity Law Group, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Latham & Watkins, Covington & Burling LLP, Fenwick & West LLP, Morrison & Foerster, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Downloads 4,885

4.

Robots in American Law

University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-04

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Ryan Calo

University of Washington - School of Law

Downloads 4,086

5.

Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2012), pp. 347-383, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-07

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2013

Accepted Paper Series

David Abrams, Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan

University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics

Downloads 3,771

6.

Patent Troll Myths

Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 42, p. 457, 2012, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2011

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Michael Risch

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Downloads 3,760

7.

Restorative Justice: What is it and Does it Work?

Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 1005485, Annual Review, 2007

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Aug 2007

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Carrie Menkel-Meadow

University of California Irvine, School of Law

Downloads 3,621

8.

Precedent

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 May 2011

Working Paper Series

Frederick Schauer

University of Virginia School of Law

Downloads 3,379

9.

Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 404, The Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 775-831, 2009

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Apr 2008

Accepted Paper Series

William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner

University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago Law School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,332

10.

Institutions, Power and Institutional Balance

THE EVOLUTION OF EU LAW, p. 41, Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 48/2011

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Aug 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Paul P. Craig

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

Downloads 3,051

11.

A General Approach for Predicting the Behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2017

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Daniel Martin Katz, Michael James Bommarito II and Josh Blackman

Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law, LexPredict, LLC and South Texas College of Law Houston

Downloads 2,997

12.

In Praise of Realism (and Against 'Nonsense' Jurisprudence)

U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 138

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2010

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Brian Leiter

University of Chicago

Downloads 2,939

13.

Therasense v. Becton Dickinson: A First Impression

Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 14, p. 226, 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-38, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-02

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge

University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Downloads 2,921

14.

The New Legal Realism

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming , U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 372, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 191

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Dec 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Thomas J. Miles and Cass R. Sunstein

University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard Law School

Downloads 2,867

15.

Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather Than Appointed Judiciary

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 357, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 23 Aug 2007

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Stephen J. Choi, G. Mitu Gulati and Eric A. Posner

New York University School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School

Downloads 2,863

16.

The Rise of Contingent Fee Representation in Patent Litigation

64 Alabama Law Review 335 (2012)

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2012

Accepted Paper Series

David L. Schwartz

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

Downloads 2,761

17.

Blinking on the Bench: How Judges Decide Cases

Cornell Law Review, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 07-25, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-32

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Nov 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski and Andrew J. Wistrich

Vanderbilt University - Law School, Cornell Law School and California Central District Court

Downloads 2,758

18.

A Theory of Judicial Power and Judicial Review

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 97, p. 723, 2009, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 08-013, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 08-10-03

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 24 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2009

Accepted Paper Series

David S. Law

Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

Downloads 2,725

19.

Effective Brief Writing Despite High Volume Practice: Ten Misconceptions that Result in Bad Briefs

University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 38, p. 1113, Summer 2007

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jul 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Sarah E. Ricks and Jane L. Istvan

Rutgers School of Law - Camden and City of Philadelphia Law Department

Downloads 2,600

20.

'No' Review of Philip Hamburger, 'Is Administrative Law Unlawful?'

Texas Law Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 14-34

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Adrian Vermeule

Harvard Law School

Downloads 2,532

21.

Brexit: A Drama in Six Acts

European Law Review August 2016, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 45/2016

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jul 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Paul P. Craig

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

Downloads 2,417

22.

The Food Stays in the Kitchen: Everything I Needed to Know About Statutory Interpretation I Learned by the Time I Was Nine

Green Bag 2D, Vol. 12, p. 337, 2009

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Hillel Y. Levin

University of Georgia School of Law

Downloads 2,385

23.

The Case Against Free Speech

38 Sydney Law Review 407 (2016)

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Brian Leiter

University of Chicago

Downloads 2,350

24.

Which States Have the Best (and Worst) High Courts?

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 405, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 217, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Paper No. 236

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Mar 2009

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Stephen J. Choi, G. Mitu Gulati and Eric A. Posner

New York University School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School

Downloads 2,328

25.

Justice, Interrupted: The Effect of Gender, Ideology and Seniority at Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-03

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Downloads 2,065

26.

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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Brian T. Fitzpatrick

Vanderbilt Law School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,038

27.

Permissible Negligence and Campaigns to Suppress Rights

Florida Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 314

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 16 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Glenn Harlan Reynolds

University of Tennessee College of Law

Downloads 1,990

28.

Judicial Independence in China: Common Myths and Unfounded Assumptions

La Trobe Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008/11

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2008

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Randall Peerenboom

La Trobe University - Faculty of Law and Management

Downloads 1,971

29.

Understanding Legal Realism

St. John's Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-0133

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2008

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Brian Z. Tamanaha

Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

Downloads 1,971

30.

The Next Innocence Project: Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Criminal Courts

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 1, 2009

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Deborah Tuerkheimer

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

Downloads 1,939

31.

Healing Fair Dealing? A Comparative Copyright Analysis of Canadian Fair Dealing to UK Fair Dealing and US Fair Use

CLPE Research Paper No. 28/2007, McGill Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2008

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014

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Giuseppina (Pina) D'Agostino

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

Downloads 1,934

32.

Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges?

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 3, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-11

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Apr 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Andrew J. Wistrich and Chris Guthrie

Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, California Central District Court and Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 1,897

33.

Judicial Activism in India: A Necessary Evil

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2008

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Arpita Saha

National Law University, Jodhpur

Downloads 1,895

34.

The Trouble with Amicus Facts

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 100 (2014), William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-273

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Alli Orr Larsen

William & Mary Law School

Downloads 1,890

35.

Subsidiarity, a Political and Legal Analysis

Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, p. 72, 2012, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15/2012

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Mar 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Paul P. Craig

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,869

36.

Legal Reasoning

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-09

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Barbara A. Spellman and Frederick Schauer

University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law

Downloads 1,847

37.

The New Summary Judgment Motion: The Motion to Dismiss Under Iqbal and Twombly

Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 09-16, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 15, 2010

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2010

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Suja A. Thomas

University of Illinois College of Law

Downloads 1,843

38.

Framework Originalism and the Living Constitution

Northwestern University Law Review, 2009

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 27 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Jack M. Balkin

Yale University - Law School

Downloads 1,824

39.

Federal Rules of Statutory Interpretation

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 115, p. 2085, 2002

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 23 Jun 2005

Accepted Paper Series

Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

Georgetown University Law Center

Downloads 1,796

40.

Judicial Review in European Union Competition Law: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2011-008, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 01/2011

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2011

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Damien Geradin and Nicolas Petit

Tilburg Law & Economics Center (TILEC) and University of Liege - School of Law

Downloads 1,788

41.

The Federal Circuit and Inequitable Conduct: An Empirical Assessment

84 Southern California Law Review 1293, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-48

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Lee Petherbridge, Jason Rantanen and Ali Mojibi

Loyola Law School Los Angeles, University of Iowa - College of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 1,780

42.

Proportionality, Rationality and Review

New Zealand Law Review, p. 265, 2010 , Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 5/2011

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Feb 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Paul P. Craig

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

Downloads 1,768

43.

Innovation and Competition Policy, Chap. 4 (2d ed): Competition Policy and the Patent System

Number of pages: 104 Posted: 04 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2013

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Herbert J. Hovenkamp

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Downloads 1,750

44.

Piercing the Corporate Veil in International Arbitration

Global Business Law Review, Vol. 1, p. 169, 2011

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 12 May 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Y. Kryvoi

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

Downloads 1,739

45.

The Judicialization of Mega-Politics and the Rise of Political Courts

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 11, 2008

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 May 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Ran Hirschl

University of Toronto

Downloads 1,733

46.

Legal Formalism and Legal Realism: What Is the Issue?

Legal Theory, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2010, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 320

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Brian Leiter

University of Chicago

Downloads 1,727

47.

The Shaping of the Precautionary Principle by European Courts: From Scientific Uncertainty to Legal Certainty

VALORI COSTITUZIONALI E NUOVE POLITICHE DEL DIRITTO, L. Cuocolo, L. Luparia, eds., Cahiers Europèens, Halley, 2007, Bocconi Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1007404,

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Aug 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Alberto Alemanno

HEC Paris

Downloads 1,724

48.

The Pleading Problem

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 5, p. 1293, May 2010

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Adam Steinman

University of Alabama - School of Law

Downloads 1,722

49.

The End of Comparative Law

Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 2, pp. 133-150, 2007

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Mathias M. Siems

Durham University - Durham Law School

Downloads 1,684

50.

Why We Need More Judicial Activism

Constitutionalism, Executive Power, and Popular Enlightenment, 2014 Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 13-3

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Feb 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Suzanna Sherry

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 1,674

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