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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. 		618 5,227 5,845 575
2 Path of the Law
 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1896-1897)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 		396 4,528 4,924 587
3 The Problem of Social Cost
 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)
Coase, R. H. 		311 4,317 4,628 469
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 		137 3,207 3,344 121
5 From League of United Nations
 1 Int'l Org. 3 (1947)
Goodrich, Leland M. 		511 2,600 3,111 28
6 Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral
 85 Harv. L. Rev. 1089 (1971-1972)
Calabresi, Guido ; Melamed, A. Douglas 		271 2,829 3,100 287
7 Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
 73 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1959-1960)
Wechsler, Herbert 		174 2,776 2,950 113
8 The Id, the Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism
 39 Stan. L. Rev. 317 (1986-1987)
Lawrence, Charles R. III 		210 2,297 2,507 121
9 The New Property
 73 Yale L.J. 733 (1963-1964)
Reich, Charles A. 		112 2,333 2,445 161
10 State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights
 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489 (1976-1977)
Brennan, William J. Jr. 		237 2,140 2,377 197
11 Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems
 47 Ind. L.J. 1 (1971-1972)
Bork, Robert H. 		184 2,193 2,377 209
12 Privacy
 48 Calif. L. Rev. 383 (1960)
Prosser, William L. 		205 2,127 2,332 171
13 An Introductory Note
 1 Int'l Org. 1 (1947)
Bundy, Harvey H. 		222 2,012 2,234 13
14 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative
 97 Harv. L. Rev 4 (1983-1984)
Cover, Robert M. 		248 1,926 2,174 582
15 The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1281 (1975-1976)
Chayes, Abram 		128 2,025 2,153 235
16 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1685 (1975-1976)
Kennedy, Duncan 		170 1,981 2,151 236
17 Against Settlement
 93 Yale L.J. 1073 (1983-1984)
Fiss, Owen M. 		159 1,808 1,967 466
18 Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce
 88 Yale L.J. 950 (1978-1979)
Mnookin, Robert H. ; Kornhauser, Lewis 		180 1,759 1,939 295
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 1,857 1,922 57
20 The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 69 Yale L.J. 1099 (1959-1960)
Prosser, William L. 		34 1,792 1,826 31
21 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 593 (1957)
Hart, H. L. A. 		218 1,577 1,795 2,027
22 Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory
 42 Stan. L. Rev. 581 (February 1990)
Harris, Angela P. 		137 1,656 1,793 332
23 The Forms and Limits of Adjudication
 92 Harv. L. Rev. 353 (1978-1979)
Fuller, Lon L. 		165 1,571 1,736 254
24 Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
 43 Stan. L. Rev. 1241 (1990-1991)
Crenshaw, Kimberle 		413 1,314 1,727 6,350
25 The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules
 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175 (Fall 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		204 1,480 1,684 98
26 Perspectives on the Fourth Amendment
 58 Minn. L. Rev. 349 (1973-1974)
Amsterdam, Anthony G. 		70 1,610 1,680 66
27 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning
 23 Yale L.J. 16 (1913-1914)
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 		231 1,424 1,655 245
28 The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade
 82 Yale L.J. 920 (1972-1973)
Ely, John Hart 		112 1,526 1,638 59
29 Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections upon Delaware
 83 Yale L.J. 663 (1973-1974)
Cary, William L. 		96 1,540 1,636 57
30 Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach
 35 Colum. L. Rev. 809 (June 1935)
Cohen, Felix S. 		135 1,396 1,531 186
31 A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics
 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1471 (1997-1998)
Jolls, Christine ; Sunstein, Cass R. ; Thaler, Richard 		157 1,336 1,493 406
32 The Equal Protection of the Laws
 37 Calif. L. Rev. 341 (1949)
Tussman, Jospeh ; tenBroek, Jacobus 		27 1,456 1,483 93
33 Presidential Administration
 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2245 (2000-2001)
Kagan, Elena 		343 1,124 1,467 242
34 Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law
 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1331 (1987-1988)
Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams 		235 1,195 1,430 119
35 Equal Protection
 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1065 (1968-1969) 		4 1,414 1,418 16
36 Originalism: The Lesser Evil
 57 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 849 (1988-1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		229 1,181 1,410 869
37 Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 518 (1979-1980)
Bell, Derrick A. Jr. 		392 1,012 1,404 181
38 The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding
 60 B.U. L. Rev. 204 (1980)
Brest, Paul 		111 1,283 1,394 210
39 Property and Personhood
 34 Stan. L. Rev. 957 (1981-1982)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		186 1,208 1,394 220
40 Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules
 99 Yale L.J. 87 (1989-1990)
Ayres, Ian ; Gertner, Robert 		109 1,274 1,383 175
41 Marbury and the Administrative State
 83 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1983)
Monaghan, Henry P. 		193 1,188 1,381 82
42 Rules Versus Standards: An Economic Analysis
 42 Duke L.J. 557 (1992-1993)
Kaplow, Louis 		217 1,162 1,379 97
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. 		134 1,242 1,376 297
44 Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention, The
 68 Mich. L. Rev. 471 (1969-1970)
Sax, Joseph L. 		124 1,229 1,353 69
45 Foreword: The Forms of Justice
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1979-1980)
Fiss, Owen M. 		76 1,257 1,333 120
46 Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 630 (1957)
Fuller, Lon L. 		125 1,164 1,289 1,163
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 		50 1,226 1,276 61
48 Toward a General Theory of the First Amendment
 72 Yale L.J. 877 (1962-1963)
Emerson, Thomas I. 		69 1,200 1,269 110
49 Reliance Interest in Contract Damages: 1
 46 Yale L. J. 52 (1936-1937)
Fuller, L. L. ; Perdue, William R. Jr. 		62 1,204 1,266 169
50 Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law
 7 Harv. L. Rev. 129 (1893-1894)
Thayer, James B. 		139 1,120 1,259 82
51 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 		325 932 1,257 2,875
52 Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes
 47 Colum. L. Rev. 527 (1947)
Frankfurter, Felix 		109 1,124 1,233 121
53 Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2320 (1988-1989)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		102 1,124 1,226 84
54 Takings and the Police Power
 74 Yale L.J. 36 (1964-1965)
Sax, Joseph L. 		53 1,162 1,215 30
55 Foreword: On Protecting the Poor through the Fourteenth Amendment
 83 Harv. L. Rev. 7 (1969-1970)
Michelman, Frank I. 		42 1,161 1,203 26
56 The First Amendment is an Absolute
 1961 Sup. Ct. Rev. 245 (1961)
Meiklejohn, Alexander 		65 1,135 1,200 63
57 The Pathological Politics of Criminal Law
 100 Mich. L. Rev. 505 (2001-2002)
Stuntz, William J. 		262 934 1,196 250
58 Contracts of Adhesion--Some Thoughts about Freedom of Contract
 43 Colum. L. Rev. 629 (1943)
Kessler, Friedrich 		81 1,112 1,193 43
59 Toward a Fair Use Standard
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1105 (1989-1990)
Leval, Pierre N. 		199 981 1,180 144
60 Market-Inalienability
 100 Harv. L. Rev. 1849 (June 1987)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		79 1,092 1,171 91
61 The Reformation of American Administrative Law
 88 Harv. L. Rev. 1667 (1974-1975)
Stewart, Richard B. 		104 1,060 1,164 133
62 The New Textualism
 37 UCLA L. Rev. 621 (1989-1990)
Eskridge, William N. Jr. 		116 1,039 1,155 93
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. 		72 1,081 1,153 95
64 The Selection of Disputes for Litigation
 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984)
Priest, George L. ; Klein, Benjamin 		124 1,023 1,147 69
65 Some Kind of Hearing
 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267 (1974-1975)
Friendly, Henry J. 		78 1,053 1,131 48
66 Why the Haves Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change
 9 Law & Soc'y Rev. 95 (1974-1975)
Galanter, Marc 		142 981 1,123 638
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 1,076 1,120 75
68 The Fall of the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 50 Minn. L. Rev. 791 (1965-1966)
Prosser, William L. 		17 1,086 1,103 14
69 Statutory Roads to Review of Federal Administrative Orders
 28 Calif. L. Rev. 129 (1939-1940)
McAllister, Breck P. 		87 984 1,071 3
70 On the Expressive Function of Law
 144 U. Pa. L. Rev. 2021 (1995-1996)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		205 865 1,070 76
71 Team Production Theory of Corporate Law, A
 85 Va. L. Rev. 247 (1999)
Blair, Margaret M. ; Stout, Lynn A. 		206 858 1,064 168
72 Managerial Judges
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 374 (1982-1983)
Resnik, Judith 		136 926 1,062 136
73 The Mechanisms of Market Efficiency
 70 Va. L. Rev. 549 (1984)
Gilson, Ronald J. ; Kraakman, Reinier H. 		72 983 1,055 193
74 Violence and the Word
 95 Yale L.J. 1601 (1985-1986)
Cover, Robert M. 		157 894 1,051 937
75 Of Sovereignty and Federalism
 96 Yale L.J. 1425 (1986-1987)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		90 957 1,047 98
76 Judicial Deference to Administrative Interpretations of Law
 1989 Duke L.J. 511 (June 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		164 883 1,047 62
77 Interest Groups in American Public Law
 38 Stan. L. Rev. 29 (1985-1986)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		29 1,010 1,039 77
78 The Growing Disjunction between Legal Education and the Legal Profession
 91 Mich. L. Rev. 34 (1992-1993)
Edwards, Harry T. 		56 975 1,031 24
79 Biodiversity and Land
 83 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (1997-1998)
Karkkainen, Bradley C. 		135 890 1,025 27
80 For Whom are Corporate Managers Trustees
 45 Harv. L. Rev. 1145 (May 1932)
Dodd, E. Merrick Jr. 		167 857 1,024 250
81 Foreword: The Justices of Rules and Standards
 106 Harv. L. Rev. 22 (1992-1993)
Sullivan, Kathleen M. 		109 913 1,022 81
82 Some Estate Tax Litigation Problems of 1960
 3 Ariz. L. Rev. 1 (1961)
Featherston, C. Moxley 		193 824 1,017 5
83 The Family and the Market: A Study of Ideology and Legal Reform
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 1497 (1982-1983)
Olsen, Frances E. 		52 962 1,014 40
84 Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts
 70 Yale L.J. 499 (March 1961)
Calabresi, Guido 		44 970 1,014 89
85 The Original Understanding of Original Intent
 98 Harv. L. Rev. 885 (March 1985)
Powell, H. Jefferson 		73 938 1,011 93
86 A Critique of Our Constitution is Color-Blind
 44 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (1991-1992)
Gotanda, Neil 		153 858 1,011 141
87 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 7
88 Law's Republic
 97 Yale L.J. 1493 (1987-1988)
Michelman, Frank I. 		27 979 1,006 46
89 Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2411 (1988-1989)
Delgado, Richard 		132 872 1,004 148
90 Fourth Amendment First Principles
 107 Harv. L. Rev. 757 (1993-1994)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		104 900 1,004 85
91 Law and Borders--The Rise of Law in Cyberspace
 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1995-1996)
Johnson, David R. ; Post, David 		88 905 993 204
92 Unconscionability and the Code-The Emperor's New Clause
 115 U. Pa. L. Rev. 485 (1966-1967)
Leff, Arthur Allen 		51 935 986 33
93 Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms
 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1212 (1977-1978)
Sager, Lawrence Gene 		83 897 980 46
94 The Theory and Practice of UNESCO
 4 Int'l Org. 3 (1950)
Niebuhr, Reinhold 		145 832 977 7
95 Constitutional Law in the Age of Balancing
 96 Yale L.J. 943 (1986-1987)
Aleinikoff, T. Alexander 		93 884 977 72
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 		56 919 975 28
97 Looking to the Bottom: Critical Legal Studies and Reparations
 22 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 323 (1987)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		167 795 962 318
98 Beyond the Republican Revival
 97 Yale L.J. 1539 (1987-1988)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		37 925 962 48
99 Rational Basis of Trademark Protection, The
 40 Harv. L. Rev. 813 (1926-1927)
Schechter, Frank I. 		49 912 961 133
100 The Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine in the Supreme Court
 109 U. Pa. L. Rev. 67 (1960-1961) 		36 916 952 21