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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. 		648 5,236 5,884 964
2 Path of the Law
 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1896-1897)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 		419 4,530 4,949 485
3 The Problem of Social Cost
 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)
Coase, R. H. 		341 4,320 4,661 495
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 		144 3,211 3,355 109
5 From League of United Nations
 1 Int'l Org. 3 (1947)
Goodrich, Leland M. 		552 2,600 3,152 33
6 Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral
 85 Harv. L. Rev. 1089 (1971-1972)
Calabresi, Guido ; Melamed, A. Douglas 		285 2,833 3,118 295
7 Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law
 73 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1959-1960)
Wechsler, Herbert 		183 2,776 2,959 129
8 The Id, the Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism
 39 Stan. L. Rev. 317 (1986-1987)
Lawrence, Charles R. III 		220 2,298 2,518 133
9 The New Property
 73 Yale L.J. 733 (1963-1964)
Reich, Charles A. 		123 2,334 2,457 163
10 State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights
 90 Harv. L. Rev. 489 (1976-1977)
Brennan, William J. Jr. 		251 2,143 2,394 169
11 Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems
 47 Ind. L.J. 1 (1971-1972)
Bork, Robert H. 		200 2,193 2,393 188
12 Privacy
 48 Calif. L. Rev. 383 (1960)
Prosser, William L. 		216 2,130 2,346 187
13 An Introductory Note
 1 Int'l Org. 1 (1947)
Bundy, Harvey H. 		246 2,021 2,267 19
14 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative
 97 Harv. L. Rev 4 (1983-1984)
Cover, Robert M. 		259 1,926 2,185 638
15 Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1685 (1975-1976)
Kennedy, Duncan 		179 1,981 2,160 243
16 The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation
 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1281 (1975-1976)
Chayes, Abram 		133 2,025 2,158 270
17 Against Settlement
 93 Yale L.J. 1073 (1983-1984)
Fiss, Owen M. 		167 1,808 1,975 495
18 Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce
 88 Yale L.J. 950 (1978-1979)
Mnookin, Robert H. ; Kornhauser, Lewis 		190 1,759 1,949 343
19 Property, Utility, and Fairness: Comments on the Ethical Foundations of Just Compensation Law
 80 Harv. L. Rev. 1165 (1966-1967)
Michelman, Frank I. 		67 1,860 1,927 48
20 The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 69 Yale L.J. 1099 (1959-1960)
Prosser, William L. 		36 1,793 1,829 23
21 Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 593 (1957)
Hart, H. L. A. 		230 1,578 1,808 2,386
22 Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory
 42 Stan. L. Rev. 581 (February 1990)
Harris, Angela P. 		141 1,656 1,797 240
23 Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
 43 Stan. L. Rev. 1241 (1990-1991)
Crenshaw, Kimberle 		437 1,314 1,751 6,585
24 The Forms and Limits of Adjudication
 92 Harv. L. Rev. 353 (1978-1979)
Fuller, Lon L. 		172 1,571 1,743 280
25 The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules
 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175 (Fall 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		218 1,480 1,698 105
26 Perspectives on the Fourth Amendment
 58 Minn. L. Rev. 349 (1973-1974)
Amsterdam, Anthony G. 		74 1,611 1,685 74
27 Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning
 23 Yale L.J. 16 (1913-1914)
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 		250 1,424 1,674 254
28 The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade
 82 Yale L.J. 920 (1972-1973)
Ely, John Hart 		122 1,531 1,653 86
29 Federalism and Corporate Law: Reflections upon Delaware
 83 Yale L.J. 663 (1973-1974)
Cary, William L. 		100 1,539 1,639 73
30 Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach
 35 Colum. L. Rev. 809 (June 1935)
Cohen, Felix S. 		142 1,396 1,538 179
31 A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics
 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1471 (1997-1998)
Jolls, Christine ; Sunstein, Cass R. ; Thaler, Richard 		165 1,336 1,501 420
32 The Equal Protection of the Laws
 37 Calif. L. Rev. 341 (1949)
Tussman, Jospeh ; tenBroek, Jacobus 		28 1,457 1,485 107
33 Presidential Administration
 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2245 (2000-2001)
Kagan, Elena 		358 1,125 1,483 250
34 Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law
 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1331 (1987-1988)
Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams 		250 1,195 1,445 128
35 Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 518 (1979-1980)
Bell, Derrick A. Jr. 		416 1,012 1,428 207
36 Originalism: The Lesser Evil
 57 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 849 (1988-1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		241 1,181 1,422 958
37 Equal Protection
 82 Harv. L. Rev. 1065 (1968-1969) 		4 1,415 1,419 17
38 Property and Personhood
 34 Stan. L. Rev. 957 (1981-1982)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		203 1,210 1,413 233
39 Rules Versus Standards: An Economic Analysis
 42 Duke L.J. 557 (1992-1993)
Kaplow, Louis 		234 1,162 1,396 111
40 The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding
 60 B.U. L. Rev. 204 (1980)
Brest, Paul 		112 1,283 1,395 225
41 Marbury and the Administrative State
 83 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1983)
Monaghan, Henry P. 		204 1,188 1,392 54
42 Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules
 99 Yale L.J. 87 (1989-1990)
Ayres, Ian ; Gertner, Robert 		116 1,274 1,390 190
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. 		145 1,242 1,387 450
44 Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention, The
 68 Mich. L. Rev. 471 (1969-1970)
Sax, Joseph L. 		137 1,229 1,366 71
45 Foreword: The Forms of Justice
 93 Harv. L. Rev. 1 (1979-1980)
Fiss, Owen M. 		80 1,257 1,337 137
46 Positivism and Fidelity to Law--A Reply to Professor Hart
 71 Harv. L. Rev. 630 (1957)
Fuller, Lon L. 		132 1,164 1,296 1,023
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. 		72 1,202 1,274 111
49 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 		339 932 1,271 3,383
50 Reliance Interest in Contract Damages: 1
 46 Yale L. J. 52 (1936-1937)
Fuller, L. L. ; Perdue, William R. Jr. 		65 1,205 1,270 188
51 Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law
 7 Harv. L. Rev. 129 (1893-1894)
Thayer, James B. 		144 1,120 1,264 90
52 Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes
 47 Colum. L. Rev. 527 (1947)
Frankfurter, Felix 		113 1,124 1,237 161
53 Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story
 87 Mich. L. Rev. 2320 (1988-1989)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		111 1,126 1,237 87
54 Takings and the Police Power
 74 Yale L.J. 36 (1964-1965)
Sax, Joseph L. 		54 1,164 1,218 31
55 The Pathological Politics of Criminal Law
 100 Mich. L. Rev. 505 (2001-2002)
Stuntz, William J. 		274 935 1,209 291
56 The First Amendment is an Absolute
 1961 Sup. Ct. Rev. 245 (1961)
Meiklejohn, Alexander 		72 1,136 1,208 68
57 Foreword: On Protecting the Poor through the Fourteenth Amendment
 83 Harv. L. Rev. 7 (1969-1970)
Michelman, Frank I. 		44 1,161 1,205 29
58 Contracts of Adhesion--Some Thoughts about Freedom of Contract
 43 Colum. L. Rev. 629 (1943)
Kessler, Friedrich 		89 1,112 1,201 42
59 Toward a Fair Use Standard
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1105 (1989-1990)
Leval, Pierre N. 		210 982 1,192 158
60 Market-Inalienability
 100 Harv. L. Rev. 1849 (June 1987)
Radin, Margaret Jane 		82 1,093 1,175 99
61 The Reformation of American Administrative Law
 88 Harv. L. Rev. 1667 (1974-1975)
Stewart, Richard B. 		107 1,060 1,167 142
62 The New Textualism
 37 UCLA L. Rev. 621 (1989-1990)
Eskridge, William N. Jr. 		125 1,039 1,164 96
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. 		76 1,081 1,157 97
64 The Selection of Disputes for Litigation
 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984)
Priest, George L. ; Klein, Benjamin 		133 1,023 1,156 71
65 Some Kind of Hearing
 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267 (1974-1975)
Friendly, Henry J. 		82 1,055 1,137 63
66 Why the Haves Come out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change
 9 Law & Soc'y Rev. 95 (1974-1975)
Galanter, Marc 		149 981 1,130 640
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. 		46 1,077 1,123 73
68 The Fall of the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)
 50 Minn. L. Rev. 791 (1965-1966)
Prosser, William L. 		18 1,088 1,106 14
69 On the Expressive Function of Law
 144 U. Pa. L. Rev. 2021 (1995-1996)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		215 865 1,080 80
70 Team Production Theory of Corporate Law, A
 85 Va. L. Rev. 247 (1999)
Blair, Margaret M. ; Stout, Lynn A. 		220 858 1,078 174
71 Statutory Roads to Review of Federal Administrative Orders
 28 Calif. L. Rev. 129 (1939-1940)
McAllister, Breck P. 		92 983 1,075 3
72 Managerial Judges
 96 Harv. L. Rev. 374 (1982-1983)
Resnik, Judith 		143 926 1,069 155
73 Violence and the Word
 95 Yale L.J. 1601 (1985-1986)
Cover, Robert M. 		171 894 1,065 971
74 The Mechanisms of Market Efficiency
 70 Va. L. Rev. 549 (1984)
Gilson, Ronald J. ; Kraakman, Reinier H. 		75 983 1,058 205
75 Judicial Deference to Administrative Interpretations of Law
 1989 Duke L.J. 511 (June 1989)
Scalia, Antonin 		170 883 1,053 71
76 Of Sovereignty and Federalism
 96 Yale L.J. 1425 (1986-1987)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		92 957 1,049 142
77 Interest Groups in American Public Law
 38 Stan. L. Rev. 29 (1985-1986)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		32 1,010 1,042 72
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 Biodiversity and Land
 83 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (1997-1998)
Karkkainen, Bradley C. 		141 890 1,031 29
80 For Whom are Corporate Managers Trustees
 45 Harv. L. Rev. 1145 (May 1932)
Dodd, E. Merrick Jr. 		174 857 1,031 233
81 Foreword: The Justices of Rules and Standards
 106 Harv. L. Rev. 22 (1992-1993)
Sullivan, Kathleen M. 		114 913 1,027 85
82 Some Estate Tax Litigation Problems of 1960
 3 Ariz. L. Rev. 1 (1961)
Featherston, C. Moxley 		199 824 1,023 7
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 Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts
 70 Yale L.J. 499 (March 1961)
Calabresi, Guido 		48 971 1,019 78
85 A Critique of Our Constitution is Color-Blind
 44 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (1991-1992)
Gotanda, Neil 		159 858 1,017 137
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 		76 938 1,014 94
88 Fourth Amendment First Principles
 107 Harv. L. Rev. 757 (1993-1994)
Amar, Akhil Reed 		107 901 1,008 89
89 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 9
90 Law's Republic
 97 Yale L.J. 1493 (1987-1988)
Michelman, Frank I. 		27 978 1,005 51
91 Law and Borders--The Rise of Law in Cyberspace
 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1995-1996)
Johnson, David R. ; Post, David 		94 905 999 192
92 Unconscionability and the Code-The Emperor's New Clause
 115 U. Pa. L. Rev. 485 (1966-1967)
Leff, Arthur Allen 		54 935 989 35
93 The Theory and Practice of UNESCO
 4 Int'l Org. 3 (1950)
Niebuhr, Reinhold 		152 832 984 11
94 Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms
 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1212 (1977-1978)
Sager, Lawrence Gene 		85 897 982 43
95 Constitutional Law in the Age of Balancing
 96 Yale L.J. 943 (1986-1987)
Aleinikoff, T. Alexander 		98 884 982 57
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 34
97 Looking to the Bottom: Critical Legal Studies and Reparations
 22 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 323 (1987)
Matsuda, Mari J. 		179 795 974 347
98 Rational Basis of Trademark Protection, The
 40 Harv. L. Rev. 813 (1926-1927)
Schechter, Frank I. 		52 913 965 146
99 Beyond the Republican Revival
 97 Yale L.J. 1539 (1987-1988)
Sunstein, Cass R. 		37 925 962 54
100 Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion, The
 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1409 (1989-1990)
McConnell, Michael W. 		152 804 956 106