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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. 		737 5,091 5,828 572
2 Path of the Law
 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1896-1897)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 		497 4,419 4,916 640
3 The Problem of Social Cost
 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)
Coase, R. H. 		366 4,252 4,618 493
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 		161 3,180 3,341 133
5 Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral
 85 Harv. L. Rev. 1089 (1971-1972)
Calabresi, Guido ; Melamed, A. Douglas 		338 2,754 3,092 294
6 Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
 73 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1959-1960)
Wechsler, Herbert 		211 2,735 2,946 125
7 The Id, the Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism
 39 Stan. L. Rev. 317 (1986-1987)
Lawrence, Charles R. III 		245 2,253 2,498 136
8 The New Property
 73 Yale L.J. 733 (1963-1964)
Reich, Charles A. 		145 2,297 2,442 158
9 Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems
 47 Ind. L.J. 1 (1971-1972)
Bork, Robert H. 		209 2,164 2,373 214
10 Privacy
 48 Calif. L. Rev. 383 (1960)
Prosser, William L. 		256 2,070 2,326 158
11 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative
 97 Harv. L. Rev 4 (1983-1984)
Cover, Robert M. 		274 1,887 2,161 622
12 The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1281 (1975-1976)
Chayes, Abram 		151 1,998 2,149 257
13 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1685 (1975-1976)
Kennedy, Duncan 		205 1,940 2,145 221
14 Against Settlement
 93 Yale L.J. 1073 (1983-1984)
Fiss, Owen M. 		196 1,764 1,960 474
15 Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce
 88 Yale L.J. 950 (1978-1979)
Mnookin, Robert H. ; Kornhauser, Lewis 		219 1,710 1,929 264
16 Property, Utility, and Fairness: Comments on the Ethical Foundations of Just Compensation Law
 80 Harv. L. Rev. 1165 (1966-1967)
Michelman, Frank I. 		79 1,840 1,919 64
17 The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 69 Yale L.J. 1099 (1959-1960)
Prosser, William L. 		38 1,785 1,823 34
18 Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory
 42 Stan. L. Rev. 581 (February 1990)
Harris, Angela P. 		167 1,625 1,792 333
19 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 593 (1957)
Hart, H. L. A. 		247 1,538 1,785 2,021
20 The Forms and Limits of Adjudication
 92 Harv. L. Rev. 353 (1978-1979)
Fuller, Lon L. 		202 1,529 1,731 236
21 Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
 43 Stan. L. Rev. 1241 (1990-1991)
Crenshaw, Kimberle 		494 1,232 1,726 6,698
22 Perspectives on the Fourth Amendment
 58 Minn. L. Rev. 349 (1973-1974)
Amsterdam, Anthony G. 		99 1,581 1,680 77
23 The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules
 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175 (Fall 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		257 1,421 1,678 106
24 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning
 23 Yale L.J. 16 (1913-1914)
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 		285 1,363 1,648 253
25 Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections upon Delaware
 83 Yale L.J. 663 (1973-1974)
Cary, William L. 		112 1,521 1,633 69
26 The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade
 82 Yale L.J. 920 (1972-1973)
Ely, John Hart 		123 1,509 1,632 74
27 Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach
 35 Colum. L. Rev. 809 (June 1935)
Cohen, Felix S. 		159 1,366 1,525 204
28 A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics
 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1471 (1997-1998)
Jolls, Christine ; Sunstein, Cass R. ; Thaler, Richard 		189 1,300 1,489 423
29 The Equal Protection of the Laws
 37 Calif. L. Rev. 341 (1949)
Tussman, Jospeh ; tenBroek, Jacobus 		37 1,446 1,483 97
30 Presidential Administration
 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2245 (2000-2001)
Kagan, Elena 		423 1,034 1,457 251
31 Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law
 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1331 (1987-1988)
Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams 		266 1,162 1,428 138
32 Equal Protection
 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1065 (1968-1969) 		6 1,412 1,418 20
33 Originalism: The Lesser Evil
 57 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 849 (1988-1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		258 1,149 1,407 924
34 Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 518 (1979-1980)
Bell, Derrick A. Jr. 		428 970 1,398 194
35 The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding
 60 B.U. L. Rev. 204 (1980)
Brest, Paul 		125 1,265 1,390 221
36 Property and Personhood
 34 Stan. L. Rev. 957 (1981-1982)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		215 1,170 1,385 240
37 Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules
 99 Yale L.J. 87 (1989-1990)
Ayres, Ian ; Gertner, Robert 		142 1,236 1,378 178
38 Marbury and the Administrative State
 83 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1983)
Monaghan, Henry P. 		216 1,161 1,377 91
39 Rules Versus Standards: An Economic Analysis
 42 Duke L.J. 557 (1992-1993)
Kaplow, Louis 		277 1,097 1,374 98
40 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. 		154 1,217 1,371 325
41 Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention, The
 68 Mich. L. Rev. 471 (1969-1970)
Sax, Joseph L. 		151 1,195 1,346 75
42 Foreword: The Forms of Justice
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1979-1980)
Fiss, Owen M. 		92 1,239 1,331 126
43 Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 630 (1957)
Fuller, Lon L. 		143 1,140 1,283 1,186
44 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 		62 1,213 1,275 67
45 Toward a General Theory of the First Amendment
 72 Yale L.J. 877 (1962-1963)
Emerson, Thomas I. 		96 1,172 1,268 100
46 Reliance Interest in Contract Damages: 1
 46 Yale L. J. 52 (1936-1937)
Fuller, L. L. ; Perdue, William R. Jr. 		74 1,188 1,262 176
47 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 		373 881 1,254 3,119
48 Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law
 7 Harv. L. Rev. 129 (1893-1894)
Thayer, James B. 		168 1,086 1,254 85
49 Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2320 (1988-1989)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		117 1,109 1,226 89
50 Takings and the Police Power
 74 Yale L.J. 36 (1964-1965)
Sax, Joseph L. 		57 1,155 1,212 33
51 Foreword: On Protecting the Poor through the Fourteenth Amendment
 83 Harv. L. Rev. 7 (1969-1970)
Michelman, Frank I. 		52 1,151 1,203 26
52 The First Amendment is an Absolute
 1961 Sup. Ct. Rev. 245 (1961)
Meiklejohn, Alexander 		87 1,111 1,198 65
53 Contracts of Adhesion--Some Thoughts about Freedom of Contract
 43 Colum. L. Rev. 629 (1943)
Kessler, Friedrich 		90 1,102 1,192 48
54 The Pathological Politics of Criminal Law
 100 Mich. L. Rev. 505 (2001-2002)
Stuntz, William J. 		304 887 1,191 230
55 Toward a Fair Use Standard
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1105 (1989-1990)
Leval, Pierre N. 		231 940 1,171 149
56 Market-Inalienability
 100 Harv. L. Rev. 1849 (June 1987)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		98 1,070 1,168 95
57 The Reformation of American Administrative Law
 88 Harv. L. Rev. 1667 (1974-1975)
Stewart, Richard B. 		120 1,040 1,160 136
58 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. 		93 1,058 1,151 99
59 The New Textualism
 37 UCLA L. Rev. 621 (1989-1990)
Eskridge, William N. Jr. 		136 1,014 1,150 100
60 The Selection of Disputes for Litigation
 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984)
Priest, George L. ; Klein, Benjamin 		139 1,000 1,139 78
61 Why the Haves Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change
 9 Law & Soc'y Rev. 95 (1974-1975)
Galanter, Marc 		172 949 1,121 711
62 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. 		60 1,059 1,119 83
63 The Fall of the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 50 Minn. L. Rev. 791 (1965-1966)
Prosser, William L. 		19 1,083 1,102 12
64 Declaration of Principles
 11 I.L.M. 1416 (1972 ) 		49 1,026 1,075 1
65 Statutory Roads to Review of Federal Administrative Orders
 28 Calif. L. Rev. 129 (1939-1940)
McAllister, Breck P. 		104 962 1,066 5
66 Team Production Theory of Corporate Law, A
 85 Va. L. Rev. 247 (1999)
Blair, Margaret M. ; Stout, Lynn A. 		257 802 1,059 187
67 On the Expressive Function of Law
 144 U. Pa. L. Rev. 2021 (1995-1996)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		233 826 1,059 81
68 Managerial Judges
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 374 (1982-1983)
Resnik, Judith 		152 904 1,056 130
69 The Mechanisms of Market Efficiency
 70 Va. L. Rev. 549 (1984)
Gilson, Ronald J. ; Kraakman, Reinier H. 		85 966 1,051 222
70 Violence and the Word
 95 Yale L.J. 1601 (1985-1986)
Cover, Robert M. 		183 866 1,049 938
71 Of Sovereignty and Federalism
 96 Yale L.J. 1425 (1986-1987)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		107 937 1,044 110
72 Judicial Deference to Administrative Interpretations of Law
 1989 Duke L.J. 511 (June 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		194 846 1,040 63
73 Interest Groups in American Public Law
 38 Stan. L. Rev. 29 (1985-1986)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		35 1,003 1,038 92
74 The Growing Disjunction between Legal Education and the Legal Profession
 91 Mich. L. Rev. 34 (1992-1993)
Edwards, Harry T. 		68 962 1,030 27
75 Biodiversity and Land
 83 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (1997-1998)
Karkkainen, Bradley C. 		154 869 1,023 26
76 For Whom are Corporate Managers Trustees
 45 Harv. L. Rev. 1145 (May 1932)
Dodd, E. Merrick Jr. 		198 823 1,021 261
77 Foreword: The Justices of Rules and Standards
 106 Harv. L. Rev. 22 (1992-1993)
Sullivan, Kathleen M. 		134 886 1,020 94
78 The Family and the Market: A Study of Ideology and Legal Reform
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 1497 (1982-1983)
Olsen, Frances E. 		64 949 1,013 46
79 Some Estate Tax Litigation Problems of 1960
 3 Ariz. L. Rev. 1 (1961)
Featherston, C. Moxley 		251 761 1,012 1
80 Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts
 70 Yale L.J. 499 (March 1961)
Calabresi, Guido 		53 958 1,011 91
81 A Critique of Our Constitution is Color-Blind
 44 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (1991-1992)
Gotanda, Neil 		167 841 1,008 154
82 The Demise of the Right-Privilege Distinction in Constitutional Law
 81 Harv. L. Rev. 1439 (1967-1968)
Van Alstyne, William W. 		15 993 1,008 10
83 The Original Understanding of Original Intent
 98 Harv. L. Rev. 885 (March 1985)
Powell, H. Jefferson 		85 922 1,007 105
84 Law's Republic
 97 Yale L.J. 1493 (1987-1988)
Michelman, Frank I. 		35 970 1,005 46
85 Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2411 (1988-1989)
Delgado, Richard 		147 856 1,003 163
86 Fourth Amendment First Principles
 107 Harv. L. Rev. 757 (1993-1994)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		120 882 1,002 92
87 Law and Borders--The Rise of Law in Cyberspace
 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1995-1996)
Johnson, David R. ; Post, David 		112 880 992 214
88 Unconscionability and the Code-The Emperor's New Clause
 115 U. Pa. L. Rev. 485 (1966-1967)
Leff, Arthur Allen 		67 919 986 30
89 Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms
 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1212 (1977-1978)
Sager, Lawrence Gene 		99 878 977 50
90 Constitutional Law in the Age of Balancing
 96 Yale L.J. 943 (1986-1987)
Aleinikoff, T. Alexander 		107 868 975 88
91 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 		74 899 973 32
92 The Theory and Practice of UNESCO
 4 Int'l Org. 3 (1950)
Niebuhr, Reinhold 		160 810 970 5
93 Looking to the Bottom: Critical Legal Studies and Reparations
 22 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 323 (1987)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		188 773 961 340
94 Beyond the Republican Revival
 97 Yale L.J. 1539 (1987-1988)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		47 914 961 49
95 Rational Basis of Trademark Protection, The
 40 Harv. L. Rev. 813 (1926-1927)
Schechter, Frank I. 		61 899 960 134
96 The Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine in the Supreme Court
 109 U. Pa. L. Rev. 67 (1960-1961) 		42 910 952 18
97 Reading the Landscape of Disputes: What We Know and Don't Know (and Think We Know) about Our Allegedly Contentious and Litigious Society
 31 UCLA L. Rev. 4 (1983-1984)
Galanter, Marc 		30 920 950 78
98 Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion, The
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1409 (1989-1990)
McConnell, Michael W. 		159 786 945 114
99 The Bill of Rights as a Constitution
 100 Yale L.J. 1131 (1990-1991)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		88 854 942 217
100 The Nature and Function of the Patent System
 20 J.L. & Econ. 265 (1977)
Kitch, Edmund W. 		95 839 934 88