“Constructive Tuesday” Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Downloads for April 5, 2023

April 5, 2023

Welcome to “Constructive Tuesday,” known to the rest of the world as, well, Wednesday. Yes, this week’s Top Ten post is a day late, but it certainly isn’t a dollar short. Let’s see what SSRN has on offer in the realm of recent contracts and commercial law scholarship:

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Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 04 Feb 2023 – 05 Apr 2023

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	The Value of M&A Drafting Adam B. Badawi, Elisabeth de Fontenay and Julian Nyarko University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, Duke University School of Law and Stanford Law School	1,146
2.	Algorithmic Black Swans Noam Kolt University of Toronto	938
3.	Green Bonds, Empty Promises Quinn Curtis, Mark C. Weidemaier and Mitu Gulati University of Virginia School of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law	716
4.	Defeating the Empire of Forms David A. Hoffman University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	668
5.	Contract-Wrapped Property Danielle D’Onfro Washington University in St. Louis – School of Law	345
6.	How ChatGPT and Generative AI Systems will Revolutionize Legal Services and the Legal Profession Rupert Macey-Dare St Cross College – University of Oxford	160
7.	Do Firms Value Court Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements? A Revealed Preference Approach Takuya Hiraiwa, Michael Lipsitz and Evan Starr University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics and University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business	150
8.	Expecting Specific Performance Tess Wilkinson‐Ryan, David A. Hoffman and Emily Campbell University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	146
9.	The Scope of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: Thoughts on the Conflict of Laws Tobias Lutzi University of Augsburg	141
10.	Making Climate Pledges Stick: A Private Ordering Mechanism for Climate Commitments Oren Perez and Michael P. Vandenbergh Bar-Ilan University – Faculty of Law and Vanderbilt University – Law School	122

Top Downloads For:

Law & Society: Private Law – Contracts eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 04 Feb 2023 – 05 Apr 2023

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Defeating the Empire of Forms David A. Hoffman University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	668
2.	Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2022: Thirty-Sixth Annual Survey John F. Coyle, William S. Dodge and Aaron D. Simowitz University of North Carolina School of Law, University of California, Davis – School of Law and Willamette University College of Law	217
3.	Do Firms Value Court Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements? A Revealed Preference Approach Takuya Hiraiwa, Michael Lipsitz and Evan Starr University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics and University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business	150
4.	Expecting Specific Performance Tess Wilkinson‐Ryan, David A. Hoffman and Emily Campbell University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	146
5.	The Intersection of NFTs and Structured Finance Christopher K. Odinet and Andrea Tosato University of Iowa – College of Law and University of Nottingham, School of Law	102
6.	Privately Policing Dark Patterns Gregory M. Dickinson St. Thomas University – School of Law	93
7.	When Private Law Theory Is Close Enough Andrew S. Gold Brooklyn Law School	93
8.	Reliance Paul MacMahon London School of Economics – Law School	73
9.	Fixing Standard-Form Contracts Shirly Levy Peres Academic Center	50
10.	Binding Nonsignatories to Forum Selection Clauses Jeffrey A. Parness Northern Illinois University – College of Law	39

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