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
85,991
2.
Governance Matters VIII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4978
Number of pages: 105
Posted: 23 Jun 2009
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
Downloads
44,069
3.
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
42,350
4.
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
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38,932
5.
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
Downloads
32,182
6.
Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting and Disclosure Regulation: A Review and Suggestions for Future Research
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 13 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 07 May 2008
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Boston University Questrom School of Business
Downloads
25,183
7.
The Effect of President Trump's Election on Hate Crimes
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Last Revised: 31 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Marketing, Industrial Distribution & Economics and Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Downloads
24,430
8.
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 Chicago
Downloads
24,029
9.
Governance Matters VI: Governance Indicators for 1996-2006
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4280
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 11 Jul 2007
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
Downloads
23,405
10.
Regulating Artificial Intelligence Systems: Risks, Challenges, Competencies, and Strategies
Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 2016
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 31 May 2015
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Center for Democracy & Technology
Downloads
21,509
11.
Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?
World Development, 41 (1), 2013, pp. 67-82
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 16 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Marburg - School of Business & Economics, Heidelberg University and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Downloads
20,388
12.
Governance Matters VII: Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2007
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4654
Number of pages: 105
Posted: 20 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 26 Jun 2008
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
Downloads
18,815
13.
Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 18 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 05 Jan 2015
Working Paper Series
Durham University - Law School
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
15,145
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
Downloads
4,647
Downloads
15,145
14.
Governance Matters
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
13,990
15.
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
13,619
16.
An Investor’s Guide to Crypto
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 02 Jun 2022
Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Man AHL, Ruffer LLP, Man AHL, Man Group, Man AHL and Man AHL
Downloads
13,499
17.
The Effects of Naloxone Access Laws on Opioid Abuse, Mortality, and Crime
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 06 Mar 2018
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2022
Working Paper Series
Arnold Ventures and Wisconsin School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Effects of Naloxone Access Laws on Opioid Abuse, Mortality, and Crime
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 06 Mar 2018
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2022
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13,469
The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11489
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 02 May 2018
Downloads
948
Downloads
13,469
18.
'Social Engineering by Roscoe Pound': Issues in Legal and Political Philosophy
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 18 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 23 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
NLS - NUJS
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12,840
19.
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
12,734
20.
Backdating
Business Lawyer, 2008
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 26 Jul 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Harrison & Held, LLP (deceased)
Downloads
12,419
21.
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 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Downloads
12,290
22.
Schools that Allow Teachers to Carry Guns are Extremely Safe: Data on the Rate of Shootings and Accidents in Schools that allow Teachers to Carry
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 29 May 2019
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
11,499
23.
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
10,699
24.
Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series No. 3630
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 05 May 2005
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
Downloads
10,484
25.
Undocumented Immigrants, U.S. Citizens, and Convicted Criminals in Arizona
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Last Revised: 18 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
10,346
26.
Do White Police Officers Unfairly Target Black Suspects?
Economics, Law and Policy, Vol 4, no 2, 2021
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 16 Nov 2016
Last Revised: 24 Jan 2022
Accepted Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center and College of William and Mary - Department of Economics
Downloads
10,154
27.
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
10,050
28.
Governance Matters Iii: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3106
Number of pages: 116
Posted: 18 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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9,961
29.
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
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and University of Kentucky - College of Law
Downloads
9,697
30.
Aggregating Governance Indicators
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
Results for Development, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
9,562
31.
Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 12 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Results for Development
Downloads
9,422
32.
Gödel’s Loophole
Capital University Law Review, vol. 41 (2013), pp. 637-673
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 23 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 18 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Downloads
9,208
33.
The Pros and Cons of Getting to Yes - Shortcomings and Limitations of Principled Bargaining in Negotiation and Mediation
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 18 Dec 2001
Accepted Paper Series
University of Munich School of Law
Downloads
9,134
34.
The Effects of Social Movements: Evidence from #MeToo
Number of pages: 99
Posted: 24 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Working Paper Series
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and National University of Singapore
Downloads
9,042
35.
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
8,891
36.
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
Emory University School of Law and Independent
Downloads
8,768
37.
Black Lives Matter's Effect on Police Lethal Use of Force
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Working Paper Series
Southern Oregon University
Downloads
8,749
38.
Should Law Subsidize Driving?
95 New York University Law Review 498 (2020), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-03
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 04 Mar 2019
Last Revised: 18 May 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Iowa College of Law
Downloads
8,719
39.
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
8,685
40.
Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 16 May 2001
Working Paper Series
Crime Prevention Research Center and Crime Prevention Research Center
Downloads
8,604
41.
What Courses Should Law Students Take? Harvard's Largest Employers Weigh In
HLS Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2014-12, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 14-20
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard University - Law School - Faculty
Downloads
8,528
42.
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
8,029
43.
The Internet as a Conduit for Criminal Activity
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, Pattavina, A., ed., pp. 77-98, Sage Publications, Inc., 2005 (revised 2010, 2015)
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 13 Jun 2005
Last Revised: 23 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds
Downloads
8,000
44.
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
Osgoode Hall Law School
Downloads
7,991
45.
Measuring the Rule of Law
Number of pages: 120
Posted: 01 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
Pontifica Universidad Javeriana Law School and The World Justice Project
Downloads
7,720
46.
Tax Evasion and Tax Compliance
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 11 Nov 1998
Last Revised: 03 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Bologna
There are 2 versions of this paper
Tax Evasion and Tax Compliance
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 11 Nov 1998
Last Revised: 03 Feb 2010
Downloads
7,679
Downloads
7,679
47.
Combating Global Climate Change: Why a Carbon Tax is a Better Response to Global Warming than Cap and Trade
Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2009, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 117
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 29 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 02 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School
Downloads
7,581
48.
The Internet and its Opportunities for Cybercrime
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY MANUAL, M. Herzog-Evans, ed., Vol. 1, pp. 735-754, Nijmegen: WLP, 2010, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 09/2011
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 11 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 11 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
Tilburg University - Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
Downloads
7,494
49.
The FTC and the New Common Law of Privacy
114 Columbia Law Review 583 (2014), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-120, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-120
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 21 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 05 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
Downloads
7,449
50.
GPT Takes the Bar Exam
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 31 Dec 2022
Last Revised: 03 Jan 2023
Working Paper Series
273 Ventures and Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law
Downloads
7,446
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