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Rank Name Articles Articles All Accessed
1 The Right to Privacy
 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193 (1890-1891)
Warren, Samuel D. ; Brandeis, Louis D. 		641 5,236 5,877 911
2 Path of the Law
 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1896-1897)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 		411 4,528 4,939 471
3 The Problem of Social Cost
 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)
Coase, R. H. 		325 4,319 4,644 497
4 Foreword: In Search of Evolving Doctrine on a Changing Court: A Model for a Newer Equal Protection
 86 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1972-1973)
Gunther, Gerald 		143 3,210 3,353 109
5 From League of United Nations
 1 Int'l Org. 3 (1947)
Goodrich, Leland M. 		532 2,600 3,132 32
6 Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral
 85 Harv. L. Rev. 1089 (1971-1972)
Calabresi, Guido ; Melamed, A. Douglas 		280 2,830 3,110 309
7 Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
 73 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1959-1960)
Wechsler, Herbert 		183 2,775 2,958 131
8 The Id, the Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism
 39 Stan. L. Rev. 317 (1986-1987)
Lawrence, Charles R. III 		219 2,297 2,516 138
9 The New Property
 73 Yale L.J. 733 (1963-1964)
Reich, Charles A. 		116 2,333 2,449 164
10 Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems
 47 Ind. L.J. 1 (1971-1972)
Bork, Robert H. 		195 2,193 2,388 197
11 State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights
 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489 (1976-1977)
Brennan, William J. Jr. 		246 2,142 2,388 173
12 Privacy
 48 Calif. L. Rev. 383 (1960)
Prosser, William L. 		213 2,130 2,343 183
13 An Introductory Note
 1 Int'l Org. 1 (1947)
Bundy, Harvey H. 		235 2,019 2,254 19
14 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative
 97 Harv. L. Rev 4 (1983-1984)
Cover, Robert M. 		258 1,926 2,184 629
15 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1685 (1975-1976)
Kennedy, Duncan 		175 1,981 2,156 237
16 The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1281 (1975-1976)
Chayes, Abram 		130 2,024 2,154 256
17 Against Settlement
 93 Yale L.J. 1073 (1983-1984)
Fiss, Owen M. 		166 1,807 1,973 499
18 Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce
 88 Yale L.J. 950 (1978-1979)
Mnookin, Robert H. ; Kornhauser, Lewis 		186 1,756 1,942 356
19 Property, Utility, and Fairness: Comments on the Ethical Foundations of Just Compensation Law
 80 Harv. L. Rev. 1165 (1966-1967)
Michelman, Frank I. 		65 1,860 1,925 55
20 The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 69 Yale L.J. 1099 (1959-1960)
Prosser, William L. 		34 1,793 1,827 24
21 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 593 (1957)
Hart, H. L. A. 		228 1,577 1,805 2,308
22 Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory
 42 Stan. L. Rev. 581 (February 1990)
Harris, Angela P. 		141 1,655 1,796 267
23 Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
 43 Stan. L. Rev. 1241 (1990-1991)
Crenshaw, Kimberle 		429 1,313 1,742 6,730
24 The Forms and Limits of Adjudication
 92 Harv. L. Rev. 353 (1978-1979)
Fuller, Lon L. 		167 1,571 1,738 273
25 The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules
 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175 (Fall 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		215 1,479 1,694 107
26 Perspectives on the Fourth Amendment
 58 Minn. L. Rev. 349 (1973-1974)
Amsterdam, Anthony G. 		73 1,610 1,683 72
27 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning
 23 Yale L.J. 16 (1913-1914)
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 		239 1,423 1,662 236
28 The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade
 82 Yale L.J. 920 (1972-1973)
Ely, John Hart 		116 1,531 1,647 77
29 Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections upon Delaware
 83 Yale L.J. 663 (1973-1974)
Cary, William L. 		99 1,540 1,639 71
30 Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach
 35 Colum. L. Rev. 809 (June 1935)
Cohen, Felix S. 		140 1,396 1,536 185
31 A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics
 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1471 (1997-1998)
Jolls, Christine ; Sunstein, Cass R. ; Thaler, Richard 		163 1,336 1,499 423
32 The Equal Protection of the Laws
 37 Calif. L. Rev. 341 (1949)
Tussman, Jospeh ; tenBroek, Jacobus 		27 1,457 1,484 102
33 Presidential Administration
 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2245 (2000-2001)
Kagan, Elena 		356 1,124 1,480 254
34 Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law
 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1331 (1987-1988)
Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams 		246 1,194 1,440 120
35 Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 518 (1979-1980)
Bell, Derrick A. Jr. 		409 1,012 1,421 199
36 Equal Protection
 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1065 (1968-1969) 		4 1,415 1,419 16
37 Originalism: The Lesser Evil
 57 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 849 (1988-1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		235 1,181 1,416 949
38 Property and Personhood
 34 Stan. L. Rev. 957 (1981-1982)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		197 1,209 1,406 237
39 The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding
 60 B.U. L. Rev. 204 (1980)
Brest, Paul 		111 1,283 1,394 229
40 Rules Versus Standards: An Economic Analysis
 42 Duke L.J. 557 (1992-1993)
Kaplow, Louis 		229 1,162 1,391 112
41 Marbury and the Administrative State
 83 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1983)
Monaghan, Henry P. 		198 1,188 1,386 63
42 Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules
 99 Yale L.J. 87 (1989-1990)
Ayres, Ian ; Gertner, Robert 		112 1,274 1,386 197
43 Remarks on the Theory of Appellate Decision and the Rules or Canons about How Statutes Are to Be Construed
 3 Vand. L. Rev. 395 (1949-1950)
Llewellyn, Karl N. 		141 1,242 1,383 410
44 Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention, The
 68 Mich. L. Rev. 471 (1969-1970)
Sax, Joseph L. 		131 1,229 1,360 67
45 Foreword: The Forms of Justice
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1979-1980)
Fiss, Owen M. 		80 1,257 1,337 131
46 Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 630 (1957)
Fuller, Lon L. 		129 1,163 1,292 1,060
47 The Political Safeguards of Federalism: The Role of the States in the Composition and Selection of the National Government
 54 Colum. L. Rev. 543 (1954)
Wechsler, Herbert 		51 1,227 1,278 63
48 Toward a General Theory of the First Amendment
 72 Yale L.J. 877 (1962-1963)
Emerson, Thomas I. 		71 1,202 1,273 111
49 Reliance Interest in Contract Damages: 1
 46 Yale L. J. 52 (1936-1937)
Fuller, L. L. ; Perdue, William R. Jr. 		65 1,205 1,270 171
50 Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics
 1989 U. Chi. Legal F. 139 (1989)
Crenshaw, Kimberle 		335 931 1,266 3,349
51 Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law
 7 Harv. L. Rev. 129 (1893-1894)
Thayer, James B. 		143 1,120 1,263 86
52 Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2320 (1988-1989)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		111 1,125 1,236 83
53 Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes
 47 Colum. L. Rev. 527 (1947)
Frankfurter, Felix 		111 1,123 1,234 165
54 Takings and the Police Power
 74 Yale L.J. 36 (1964-1965)
Sax, Joseph L. 		54 1,163 1,217 32
55 The First Amendment is an Absolute
 1961 Sup. Ct. Rev. 245 (1961)
Meiklejohn, Alexander 		69 1,136 1,205 61
56 The Pathological Politics of Criminal Law
 100 Mich. L. Rev. 505 (2001-2002)
Stuntz, William J. 		270 934 1,204 285
57 Foreword: On Protecting the Poor through the Fourteenth Amendment
 83 Harv. L. Rev. 7 (1969-1970)
Michelman, Frank I. 		43 1,160 1,203 29
58 Contracts of Adhesion--Some Thoughts about Freedom of Contract
 43 Colum. L. Rev. 629 (1943)
Kessler, Friedrich 		87 1,112 1,199 39
59 Toward a Fair Use Standard
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1105 (1989-1990)
Leval, Pierre N. 		207 982 1,189 154
60 Market-Inalienability
 100 Harv. L. Rev. 1849 (June 1987)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		81 1,093 1,174 93
61 The Reformation of American Administrative Law
 88 Harv. L. Rev. 1667 (1974-1975)
Stewart, Richard B. 		106 1,060 1,166 145
62 The New Textualism
 37 UCLA L. Rev. 621 (1989-1990)
Eskridge, William N. Jr. 		122 1,039 1,161 95
63 The Power of Congress to Limit the Jurisdiction of Federal Courts: An Exercise in Dialectic
 66 Harv. L. Rev. 1362 (June 1953)
Hart, Henry M., Jr. 		74 1,081 1,155 99
64 The Selection of Disputes for Litigation
 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984)
Priest, George L. ; Klein, Benjamin 		131 1,023 1,154 75
65 Some Kind of Hearing
 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267 (1974-1975)
Friendly, Henry J. 		80 1,055 1,135 61
66 Why the Haves Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change
 9 Law & Soc'y Rev. 95 (1974-1975)
Galanter, Marc 		146 980 1,126 639
67 The Proper Role of a Target's Management in Responding to a Tender Offer
 94 Harv. L. Rev. 1161 (1980-1981)
Easterbrook, Frank H. ; Fischel, Daniel R. 		44 1,077 1,121 69
68 The Fall of the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 50 Minn. L. Rev. 791 (1965-1966)
Prosser, William L. 		17 1,088 1,105 12
69 On the Expressive Function of Law
 144 U. Pa. L. Rev. 2021 (1995-1996)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		209 865 1,074 78
70 Team Production Theory of Corporate Law, A
 85 Va. L. Rev. 247 (1999)
Blair, Margaret M. ; Stout, Lynn A. 		215 858 1,073 185
71 Statutory Roads to Review of Federal Administrative Orders
 28 Calif. L. Rev. 129 (1939-1940)
McAllister, Breck P. 		87 984 1,071 3
72 Managerial Judges
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 374 (1982-1983)
Resnik, Judith 		140 925 1,065 149
73 Violence and the Word
 95 Yale L.J. 1601 (1985-1986)
Cover, Robert M. 		167 894 1,061 970
74 The Mechanisms of Market Efficiency
 70 Va. L. Rev. 549 (1984)
Gilson, Ronald J. ; Kraakman, Reinier H. 		74 983 1,057 202
75 Judicial Deference to Administrative Interpretations of Law
 1989 Duke L.J. 511 (June 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		165 883 1,048 74
76 Of Sovereignty and Federalism
 96 Yale L.J. 1425 (1986-1987)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		91 957 1,048 139
77 Interest Groups in American Public Law
 38 Stan. L. Rev. 29 (1985-1986)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		30 1,010 1,040 77
78 The Growing Disjunction between Legal Education and the Legal Profession
 91 Mich. L. Rev. 34 (1992-1993)
Edwards, Harry T. 		59 975 1,034 25
79 For Whom are Corporate Managers Trustees
 45 Harv. L. Rev. 1145 (May 1932)
Dodd, E. Merrick Jr. 		172 857 1,029 238
80 Biodiversity and Land
 83 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (1997-1998)
Karkkainen, Bradley C. 		136 890 1,026 30
81 Foreword: The Justices of Rules and Standards
 106 Harv. L. Rev. 22 (1992-1993)
Sullivan, Kathleen M. 		112 913 1,025 87
82 Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts
 70 Yale L.J. 499 (March 1961)
Calabresi, Guido 		48 971 1,019 84
83 The Family and the Market: A Study of Ideology and Legal Reform
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 1497 (1982-1983)
Olsen, Frances E. 		57 962 1,019 36
84 Some Estate Tax Litigation Problems of 1960
 3 Ariz. L. Rev. 1 (1961)
Featherston, C. Moxley 		195 824 1,019 7
85 A Critique of Our Constitution is Color-Blind
 44 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (1991-1992)
Gotanda, Neil 		157 858 1,015 147
86 Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2411 (1988-1989)
Delgado, Richard 		143 872 1,015 126
87 The Original Understanding of Original Intent
 98 Harv. L. Rev. 885 (March 1985)
Powell, H. Jefferson 		73 938 1,011 94
88 The Demise of the Right-Privilege Distinction in Constitutional Law
 81 Harv. L. Rev. 1439 (1967-1968)
Van Alstyne, William W. 		12 996 1,008 8
89 Law's Republic
 97 Yale L.J. 1493 (1987-1988)
Michelman, Frank I. 		27 979 1,006 49
90 Fourth Amendment First Principles
 107 Harv. L. Rev. 757 (1993-1994)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		106 899 1,005 90
91 Law and Borders--The Rise of Law in Cyberspace
 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1995-1996)
Johnson, David R. ; Post, David 		92 905 997 193
92 Unconscionability and the Code-The Emperor's New Clause
 115 U. Pa. L. Rev. 485 (1966-1967)
Leff, Arthur Allen 		53 935 988 37
93 The Theory and Practice of UNESCO
 4 Int'l Org. 3 (1950)
Niebuhr, Reinhold 		150 832 982 9
94 Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms
 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1212 (1977-1978)
Sager, Lawrence Gene 		84 897 981 47
95 Constitutional Law in the Age of Balancing
 96 Yale L.J. 943 (1986-1987)
Aleinikoff, T. Alexander 		95 884 979 65
96 The Content of Our Categories: A Cognitive Bias Approach to Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity
 47 Stan. L. Rev. 1161 (1994-1995)
Krieger, Linda Hamilton 		57 920 977 32
97 Looking to the Bottom: Critical Legal Studies and Reparations
 22 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 323 (1987)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		178 794 972 350
98 Rational Basis of Trademark Protection, The
 40 Harv. L. Rev. 813 (1926-1927)
Schechter, Frank I. 		51 913 964 138
99 Beyond the Republican Revival
 97 Yale L.J. 1539 (1987-1988)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		37 925 962 52
100 Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion, The
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1409 (1989-1990)
McConnell, Michael W. 		151 804 955 106