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1 The Right to Privacy
 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193 (1890-1891)
Warren, Samuel D. ; Brandeis, Louis D. 		1,462 10,182 11,644 1,172
2 Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral
 85 Harv. L. Rev. 1089 (1971-1972)
Calabresi, Guido ; Melamed, A. Douglas 		658 5,508 6,166 606
3 Path of the Law
 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1896-1897)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 		490 4,418 4,908 646
4 The Problem of Social Cost
 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)
Coase, R. H. 		360 4,252 4,612 490
5 A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics
 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1471 (1997-1998)
Jolls, Christine ; Sunstein, Cass R. ; Thaler, Richard 		564 3,900 4,464 1,257
6 Implicit Bias in the Courtroom
 59 UCLA L. Rev. 1124 (2011-2012)
Kang, Jerry ; Bennett, Mark ; Carbado, Devon ; Casey, Pam ; Dasgupta, Nilanjana ; Faigman, David ; Godsil, Rachel ; Greenwald, Anthony G. ; Levinson, Justin ; Mnookin, Jennifer 		1,760 2,690 4,450 6,000
7 Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce
 88 Yale L.J. 950 (1978-1979)
Mnookin, Robert H. ; Kornhauser, Lewis 		434 3,418 3,852 532
8 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 		157 3,180 3,337 135
9 From League of United Nations
 1 Int'l Org. 3 (1947)
Goodrich, Leland M. 		595 2,465 3,060 32
10 The Equal Protection of the Laws
 37 Calif. L. Rev. 341 (1949)
Tussman, Jospeh ; tenBroek, Jacobus 		74 2,892 2,966 192
11 Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
 73 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1959-1960)
Wechsler, Herbert 		205 2,735 2,940 132
12 Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules
 99 Yale L.J. 87 (1989-1990)
Ayres, Ian ; Gertner, Robert 		282 2,472 2,754 376
13 Reliance Interest in Contract Damages: 1
 46 Yale L. J. 52 (1936-1937)
Fuller, L. L. ; Perdue, William R. Jr. 		146 2,376 2,522 370
14 The Id, the Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism
 39 Stan. L. Rev. 317 (1986-1987)
Lawrence, Charles R. III 		243 2,253 2,496 141
15 The New Property
 73 Yale L.J. 733 (1963-1964)
Reich, Charles A. 		141 2,296 2,437 182
16 Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems
 47 Ind. L.J. 1 (1971-1972)
Bork, Robert H. 		204 2,164 2,368 216
17 State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights
 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489 (January 1977)
Brennan, William J. Jr. 		267 2,092 2,359 207
18 Privacy
 48 Calif. L. Rev. 383 (1960)
Prosser, William L. 		251 2,070 2,321 160
19 The Copyright Principles Project: Directions for Reform
 25 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1175 (2010)
Samuelson, Pamela ; Baumgarten, Jon A. ; Carroll, Michael W. ; Cohen, Julie E. ; Dow, Troy ; Fitzgerald, Brian ; Gasaway, Laura ; Gervais, Daniel ; Ilardi, Terry ; Litman, Jessica ; Loren, Lydia Pallas ; Lunney, Glynn ; Ochoa, Tyler ; Reese, R. Anthony ; Sigall, Jule ; Spelman, Kate ; Sprigman, Christopher ; Traynor, Michael ; Wheatland, Tara ; Williams, Jeremy 		520 1,800 2,320 1,100
20 The Selection of Disputes for Litigation
 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984)
Priest, George L. ; Klein, Benjamin 		276 2,000 2,276 150
21 The Equal Rights Amendment: A Constitutional Basis for Equal Rights for Women
 80 Yale L.J. 871 (April 1971)
Brown, Barbara A. ; Emerson, Thomas I. ; Falk, Gail ; Freedman, Ann E. 		60 2,180 2,240 1,064
22 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. 		120 2,118 2,238 168
23 An Introductory Note
 1 Int'l Org. 1 (1947)
Bundy, Harvey H. 		257 1,956 2,213 8
24 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative
 97 Harv. L. Rev 4 (1983-1984)
Cover, Robert M. 		266 1,887 2,153 656
25 The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1281 (1975-1976)
Chayes, Abram 		150 1,997 2,147 262
26 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1685 (1975-1976)
Kennedy, Duncan 		202 1,940 2,142 231
27 Fairness and Formality: Minimizing the Risk of Prejudice in Alternative Dispute Resolution
 1985 Wis. L. Rev. 1359 (1985)
Delgado, Richard ; Dunn, Chris ; Brown, Pamela ; Lee, Helena 		212 1,924 2,136 272
28 Team Production Theory of Corporate Law, A
 85 Va. L. Rev. 247 (1999)
Blair, Margaret M. ; Stout, Lynn A. 		514 1,604 2,118 370
29 The Mechanisms of Market Efficiency
 70 Va. L. Rev. 549 (1984)
Gilson, Ronald J. ; Kraakman, Reinier H. 		170 1,932 2,102 518
30 Accountable Algorithms
 165 U. Pa. L. Rev. 633 (February 2017)
Kroll, Joshua A. ; Barocas, Solon ; Felten, Edward W. ; Reidenberg, Joel R. ; Robinson, David G. ; Yu, Harlan 		1,302 786 2,088 708
31 Inside the Judicial Mind
 86 Cornell L. Rev. 777 (2000-2001)
Guthrie, Chris ; Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. ; Wistrich, Andrew J. 		333 1,695 2,028 762
32 Law and Borders--The Rise of Law in Cyberspace
 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1995-1996)
Johnson, David R. ; Post, David 		224 1,760 1,984 444
33 Against Settlement
 93 Yale L.J. 1073 (1983-1984)
Fiss, Owen M. 		195 1,764 1,959 452
34 Property, Utility, and Fairness: Comments on the Ethical Foundations of Just Compensation Law
 80 Harv. L. Rev. 1165 (1966-1967)
Michelman, Frank I. 		78 1,840 1,918 69
35 The End of History for Corporate Law
 89 Geo. L.J. 439 (2000-2001)
Hansmann, Henry ; Kraakman, Reinier 		496 1,366 1,862 1,214
36 The Costs of Ordinary Litigation
 31 UCLA L. Rev. 72 (1983-1984)
Trubek, David M. ; Sarat, Austin ; Felstiner, William L. F. ; Kritzer, Herbert M. 		76 1,772 1,848 112
37 Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process
 21 J.L. & Econ. 297 (1978)
Klein, Benjamin ; Crawford, Robert G. ; Alchian, Armen A. 		99 1,743 1,842 282
38 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 39
39 A Constitution of Democratic Experimentalism
 98 Colum. L. Rev. 267 (1998)
Dorf, Michael C. ; Sabel, Charles F. 		222 1,576 1,798 218
40 Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory
 42 Stan. L. Rev. 581 (February 1990)
Harris, Angela P. 		165 1,625 1,790 358
41 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 593 (1957)
Hart, H. L. A. 		244 1,538 1,782 1,934
42 An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law
 18 J. Legal Stud. 325 (1989)
Landes, William M. ; Posner, Richard A. 		202 1,562 1,764 242
43 Manifesto concerning the Legal Protection of Computer Programs, A
 94 Colum. L. Rev. 2308 (1994)
Samuelson, Pamela ; Davis, Randall ; Kapor, Mitchell D. ; Reichman, J. H. 		96 1,644 1,740 200
44 The Forms and Limits of Adjudication
 92 Harv. L. Rev. 353 (1978-1979)
Fuller, Lon L. 		201 1,528 1,729 250
45 Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
 43 Stan. L. Rev. 1241 (1990-1991)
Crenshaw, Kimberle 		492 1,232 1,724 6,632
46 Law and Behavioral Science: Removing the Rationality Assumption from Law and Economics
 88 Calif. L. Rev. 1051 (2000)
Korobkin, Russell B. ; Ulen, Thomas S. 		178 1,536 1,714 230
47 On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope
 90 Colum. L. Rev. 839 (1990)
Merges, Robert P. ; Nelson, Richard R. 		150 1,542 1,692 82
48 Perspectives on the Fourth Amendment
 58 Minn. L. Rev. 349 (1973-1974)
Amsterdam, Anthony G. 		96 1,581 1,677 75
49 The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules
 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175 (Fall 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		254 1,421 1,675 104
50 Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges
 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1195 (2008-2009)
Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. ; Johnson, Sheri Lynn ; Wistrich, Andrew J. ; Guthrie, Chris 		600 1,072 1,672 1,616
51 Statutory Interpretation as Practical Reasoning
 42 Stan. L. Rev. 321 (January 1990)
Eskridge, William N. Jr. ; Frickey, Philip P. 		172 1,498 1,670 72
52 Predatory Pricing and Related Practices under Section 2 of the Sherman Act
 88 Harv. L. Rev. 697 (1974-1975)
Areeda, Phillip ; Turner, Donald F. 		100 1,552 1,652 34
53 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning
 23 Yale L.J. 16 (1913-1914)
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 		282 1,363 1,645 252
54 Policy Levers in Patent Law
 89 Va. L. Rev. 1575 (2003)
Burk, Dan L. ; Lemley, Mark A. 		282 1,356 1,638 116
55 Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections upon Delaware
 83 Yale L.J. 663 (1973-1974)
Cary, William L. 		109 1,521 1,630 70
56 The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade
 82 Yale L.J. 920 (1972-1973)
Ely, John Hart 		119 1,509 1,628 75
57 The President's Power to Execute the Laws
 104 Yale L.J. 541 (December 1994)
Calabresi, Steven G. ; Prakash, Saikrishna B. 		326 1,262 1,588 272
58 Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach
 35 Colum. L. Rev. 809 (June 1935)
Cohen, Felix S. 		158 1,366 1,524 204
59 Structure and Process, Politics and Policy: Administrative Arrangements and the Political Control of Agencies
 75 Va. L. Rev. 431 (1989)
McCubbins, Matthew D. ; Noll, Roger G. ; Weingast, Barry R. 		150 1,374 1,524 378
60 Toward a Test for Strict Liability in Torts
 81 Yale. L.J. 1055 (May 1972)
Calabresi, Guido ; Hirschoff, Jon T. 		74 1,442 1,516 48
61 Exonerations in the United States 1989 through 2003
 95 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 523 (2004-2005)
Gross, Samuel R. ; Jacoby, Kristen ; Matheson, Daniel J. ; Montgomery, Nicholas 		164 1,348 1,512 444
62 Jurisdiction to Adjudicate: A Suggested Analysis
 79 Harv. L. Rev. 1121 (1965-1966)
von Mehren, Arthur T. ; Trautman, Donald T. 		116 1,376 1,492 116
63 Feminist Discourse, Moral Values, and the Law--A Conversation
 34 Buff. L. Rev. 11 (1985)
Dubois, Ellen C. ; Dunlap, Mary C. ; Gilligan, Carol J. ; MacKinnon, Catharine A. ; Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. 		50 1,425 1,475 395
64 Blinking on the Bench: How Judges Decide Cases
 93 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (November 2007)
Guthrie, Chris ; Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. ; Wistrich, Andrew J. 		261 1,209 1,470 714
65 Chevron's Domain
 89 Geo. L.J. 833 (2000-2001)
Merrill, Thomas W. ; Hickman, Kristin E. 		242 1,222 1,464 102
66 Presidential Administration
 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2245 (2000-2001)
Kagan, Elena 		418 1,034 1,452 251
67 The Jurisprudence of Yogi Berra
 46 Emory L. J. 697 (1997)
Araiza, William D. ; Burcham, David W. ; Coskran, William G. ; Costello, Jan C. ; Findley, Roger W. ; Fisk, Catherine L. ; Fonda, Judy A. ; Friedler, Edith Z. ; Gold, Victor J. ; Goldberg, Charlotte K. ; Hull, Bryan D. ; Ikemoto, Lisa C. ; Leonard, David P. ; Levenson, Laurie L. ; May, Christopher N. ; McLaughlin, Gerald T. ; Pillsbury, Samuel H. ; Pratt, Katherine T. ; Roberts, Florrie Young ; Seto, Theodore P. ; Siegel, Arnold I. ; Sliskovich, Joseph V. ; Tate, Kathryn W. ; Tunick, David C. ; Vairo, Georgene ; Williams, Gary Carleton ; Zavos, Harry N. ; Chemerinsky, Erwin ; Cooper, Edward H. ; Eisenberg, Kalman S. ; Harris, Jennifer ; Hill, Ruth ; Horowitz, Paul ; Klein, Roberta M. ; Lower, Frederick J. Jr. ; Mullenix, Linda S. ; Tonner, Grace C. ; Uelman, Gerald F. ; Waldman, Ayelet 		234 1,209 1,443 195
68 Customary International Law As Federal Common Law: A Critique of the Modern Position
 110 Harv. L. Rev 815 (1996-1997)
Bradley, Curtis A. ; Goldsmith, Jack L. 		90 1,338 1,428 72
69 Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law
 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1331 (1987-1988)
Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams 		262 1,162 1,424 143
70 Equal Protection
 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1065 (1968-1969) 		6 1,412 1,418 22
71 President and the Administration, The
 94 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1994)
Lessig, Lawrence ; Sunstein, Cass R. 		256 1,156 1,412 142
72 Originalism: The Lesser Evil
 57 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 849 (1988-1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		252 1,149 1,401 941
73 Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 518 (1979-1980)
Bell, Derrick A. Jr. 		418 970 1,388 203
74 The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding
 60 B.U. L. Rev. 204 (1980)
Brest, Paul 		123 1,265 1,388 220
75 Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control
 3 J. L. Econ. & Org. 243 (1987)
McCubbins, Mathew D. ; Noll, Roger G. ; Weingast, Barry R. 		198 1,188 1,386 177
76 Property and Personhood
 34 Stan. L. Rev. 957 (1981-1982)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		211 1,170 1,381 253
77 Rules Versus Standards: An Economic Analysis
 42 Duke L.J. 557 (1992-1993)
Kaplow, Louis 		274 1,097 1,371 104
78 Marbury and the Administrative State
 83 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1983)
Monaghan, Henry P. 		209 1,161 1,370 99
79 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. 		152 1,217 1,369 364
80 Theory of Legislative Delegation
 68 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (1982-83)
Aranson, Peter H. ; Gellhorn, Ernest ; Robinson, Glen O. 		90 1,278 1,368 183
81 Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention, The
 68 Mich. L. Rev. 471 (1969-1970)
Sax, Joseph L. 		149 1,195 1,344 86
82 Foreword: The Forms of Justice
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1979-1980)
Fiss, Owen M. 		88 1,237 1,325 133
83 Legal Education and Public Policy: Professional Training in the Public Interest
 52 Yale L.J. 203 (1942-1943)
Lasswell, Harold D. ; McDougal, Myres S. 		30 1,264 1,294 106
84 Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for Asymmetric Paternalism
 151 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1211 (2002-2003)
Camerer, Colin ; Issacharoff, Samuel ; Loewenstein, George ; O'Donoghue, Ted 		144 1,148 1,292 128
85 Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 630 (1957)
Fuller, Lon L. 		141 1,140 1,281 1,183
86 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 		61 1,213 1,274 72
87 Toward a General Theory of the First Amendment
 72 Yale L.J. 877 (1962-1963)
Emerson, Thomas I. 		95 1,172 1,267 105
88 Market Power in Antitrust Cases
 94 Harv. L. Rev. 937 (1980-1981)
Landes, William M. ; Posner, Richard A. 		122 1,144 1,266 26
89 Big Data's Disparate Impact
 104 Calif. L. Rev. 671 (2016)
Barocas, Solon ; Selbst, Andrew D. 		860 398 1,258 2,430
90 Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law
 7 Harv. L. Rev. 129 (1893-1894)
Thayer, James B. 		166 1,086 1,252 82
91 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 		371 881 1,252 3,351
92 Building a Law-and-Political-Economy Framework: Beyond the Twentieth-Century Synthesis
 129 Yale L. J. 1784 (2019-2020)
Britton-Purdy, Jedediah ; Grewal, David Singh ; Kapczynski, Amy ; Rahman, K. Sabeel 		1,244 0 1,244 1,200
93 Optimal Standardization in the Law of Property: The Numerus Clausus Principle
 110 Yale L.J. 1 (2000-2001)
Merrill, Thomas W. ; Smith, Henry E. 		270 964 1,234 460
94 Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication
 60 Stan. L. Rev. 295 (2007-2008)
Ramji-Nogales, Jaya ; Schoenholtz, Andrew I. ; Schrag, Philip G. 		375 855 1,230 354
95 Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes
 47 Colum. L. Rev. 527 (1947)
Frankfurter, Felix 		121 1,107 1,228 118
96 Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2320 (1988-1989)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		113 1,109 1,222 94
97 Separation of Ownership and Control
 26 J.L. & Econ. 301 (1983)
Fama, Eugene F. ; Jensen, Michael C. 		168 1,052 1,220 1,450
98 Takings and the Police Power
 74 Yale L.J. 36 (1964-1965)
Sax, Joseph L. 		55 1,155 1,210 33
99 Foreword: On Protecting the Poor through the Fourteenth Amendment
 83 Harv. L. Rev. 7 (1969-1970)
Michelman, Frank I. 		51 1,151 1,202 27
100 Quasi-Constitutional Law: Clear Statement Rules As Constitutional Lawmaking
 45 Vand. L. Rev. 593 (1992)
Eskridge, William N. Jr. ; Frickey, Philip P. 		216 984 1,200 140