Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Downloads for June 9, 2020

June 9, 2020

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Tuesday Top Ten Contracts and Commercial Law Downloads from SSRN for June 9, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic persists in legal scholarship, which means a healthy dose of force majeure and excuse doctrine, alongside some excursions into fintech and bankruptcy. Happy reading!

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Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 10 Apr 2020 – 09 Jun 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	1,183
2.	Force-Majeure under Contract Law in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic Renjith Mathew Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited	289
3.	The Law and Economics of Investing in Bankruptcy in the United States Jared A. Ellias University of California, Hastings	192
4.	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	176
5.	Smart (Legal) Contracts, or: Which (Contract) Law for Smart Contracts? Giesela Ruhl Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena	161
6.	Deal Protection Devices Albert H. Choi University of Michigan Law School	147
7.	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	144
8.	The Debt Collection Pandemic 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	141
9.	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	131
10.	Born Out of Necessity: A Debt Standstill for COVID-19 Patrick Bolton, Lee C. Buchheit, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, G. Mitu Gulati, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Ugo Panizza and Beatrice Weder di Mauro Columbia Business School – Department of Economics, Center for Contract and Economic Organization, University of California, Berkeley – Department of Economics, Duke University School of Law, University of Chicago – Booth School of Business, United Nations – Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Graduate Institute Geneva, IHEID	130

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Law & Society: Private Law – Contracts eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 10 Apr 2020 – 09 Jun 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	1,183
2.	Force-Majeure under Contract Law in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic Renjith Mathew Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited	289
3.	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	176
4.	Smart (Legal) Contracts, or: Which (Contract) Law for Smart Contracts? Giesela Ruhl Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena	161
5.	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	131
6.	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	111
7.	Corruption in the Times of Pandemia Jorge A. Gallego, Mounu Prem and Juan F. Vargas Universidad del Rosario, Universidad del Rosario and Universidad del Rosario	100
8.	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	93
9.	When Contract’s Basic Assumptions Fail: From Rose 2d to COVID-19 Hanoch Dagan and Ohad Somech Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law and Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law	88
10.	Frustration of Purpose As An Excuse for the Non-Performance of Contractual Obligations Impacted by the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic and by Pandemic-Related Governmental Restrictions: Some Preliminary Thoughts Gregory S. Crespi Southern Methodist University – Dedman School of Law	79

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