Return of the SSRN Top Ten Downloads List (May 26, 2020)

May 26, 2020

With appropriately excessive kudos to our new-and-returning Blogarch Jeremy Telman (Blogarch, if you were wondering, is a high level network official just a step below the undisputed Blog Emperor, Paul Caron), I’m delighted to bring back the weekly Top Ten Contracts and Commercial Law SSRN download list. COVID-19 is unsuprisingly a prominent player is this week’s list of prospective lockdown reading. Enjoy!

Top Downloads For:

Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 27 Mar 2020 – 26 May 2020

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Force Majeure and Hardship in the Age of Corona: A Historical and Comparative Study Klaus Peter Berger and Daniel Behn University of Cologne and Queen Mary University of London	1,041
2.	Force-Majeure under Contract Law in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic Renjith Mathew Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited	216
3.	Veil Peeking: The Corporation as a Nexus for Regulation Mariana Pargendler Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo	163
4.	Smart (Legal) Contracts, or: Which (Contract) Law for Smart Contracts? Giesela Ruhl Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena	147
5.	The Law and Economics of Investing in Bankruptcy in the United States Jared A. Ellias University of California, Hastings	144
6.	The Legal Effect of Coronavirus Epidemic on the Doctrine of Force Majeure in Commercial Contracts; The Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project Example Adeniyi Aderinboye ‘Dipo Okpeseyi & Co.	141
7.	A Comparative Perspective on Commercial Contracts and the Impact of Covid-19 – Change of Circumstances, Force Majeure, or What? Christian Twigg-Flesner University of Warwick – School of Law	141
8.	The Folly of Credit As Pandemic Relief Pamela Foohey, Dalié Jiménez and Christopher K. Odinet Indiana University Maurer School of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of Iowa – College of Law	131
9.	Sneak in Contracts: An Empirical and Legal Analysis of Unilateral Modification Clauses in Consumer Contracts Shmuel I. Becher and Uri Benoliel Victoria University of Wellington and College of Law and Business – Ramat Gan Law School	122
10.	Deal Protection Devices Albert H. Choi University of Michigan Law School	121

Top Downloads For:

Law & Society: Private Law – Contracts eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 27 Mar 2020 – 26 May 2020

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Force Majeure and Hardship in the Age of Corona: A Historical and Comparative Study Klaus Peter Berger and Daniel Behn University of Cologne and Queen Mary University of London	1,041
2.	Force-Majeure under Contract Law in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic Renjith Mathew Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited	216
3.	Smart (Legal) Contracts, or: Which (Contract) Law for Smart Contracts? Giesela Ruhl Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena	147
4.	The Legal Effect of Coronavirus Epidemic on the Doctrine of Force Majeure in Commercial Contracts; The Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project Example Adeniyi Aderinboye ‘Dipo Okpeseyi & Co.	141
5.	A Comparative Perspective on Commercial Contracts and the Impact of Covid-19 – Change of Circumstances, Force Majeure, or What? Christian Twigg-Flesner University of Warwick – School of Law	141
6.	Sneak in Contracts: An Empirical and Legal Analysis of Unilateral Modification Clauses in Consumer Contracts Shmuel I. Becher and Uri Benoliel Victoria University of Wellington and College of Law and Business – Ramat Gan Law School	122
7.	Consumer Financial Protection in the COVID-19 Crisis: An Emergency Agenda Richard Cordray, Diane E. Thompson and Christopher Lewis Peterson Independent, Consumer Rights Regulatory Engagement and Advocacy Project and University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law	119
8.	Reducing The Wealth Gap Through Fintech ‘Advances’ in Consumer Banking and Lending Pamela Foohey and Nathalie Martin Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of New Mexico – School of Law	95
9.	The Domain of Private Law Hanoch Dagan and Avihay Dorfman Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law and Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law	83
10.	The Deceptive Efficiency of Smart Contracts: Hidden Opportunism in Certainty Mingyu Ma IESE Business School	66

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