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Jeremy-Telman

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Official Blog of the AALS Section on Contracts

Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Top SSRN Downloads for October 21, 2025

What is up-and-coming in our favorite doctrinal fields this week?

October 21, 2025

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Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal

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As of: 17 Aug 2025 – 16 Oct 2025

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Should Crypto Be Property? Robert Stevens Oxford University Faculty of Law	588
2.	The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons From Cybersecurity Daniel Schwarcz and Josephine Wolff University of Minnesota Law School and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University	228
3.	Contract Law and the Common Good Prince Saprai University College London – Faculty of Laws	199
4.	Property Without Law. Personalized Property Rights Through Smart Contracts on the Blockchain Stefan Bechtold, Giuseppe Dari‐Mattiacci, Edoardo D. Martino and Gideon Parchomovsky ETH Zürich, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam – University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law and Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Faculty of Law University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	172
5.	Solving for Agreement Jorge L. Contreras University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law	138
6.	Product Liability Law in the Age of AI Mark Geistfeld New York University School of Law	124
7.	Levers of Default: Can the President Unilaterally Alter the Terms of the National Debt? Lev E. Breydo and Nathan B. Oman William & Mary Law School and William & Mary Law School	118
8.	How Legalese Jeopardizes Enforceability Mark Cooney Cooley Law School	96
9.	Coercive Settlements Gilat Juli Bachar Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law	88

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Law & Society: Private Law – Contracts eJournal

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As of: 17 Aug 2025 – 16 Oct 2025

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	AI and Investment Services in EU Law: The Case for MiFID III Riccardo Ghetti, Claudio Novelli, Philipp Hacker and Luciano Floridi University of Bologna – Faculty of Law, Yale University – Digital Ethics Center, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) – European New School of Digital Studies and Yale University – Digital Ethics Center	328
2.	What the Realists Got Right Paul B. Miller Notre Dame Law School	222
3.	Solving for Agreement Jorge L. Contreras University of Utah – S.J. Quinney College of Law	138
4.	The Psychology of Serial Killers: What Drives Them? Mounica Bai Rajput and Rajput Bhavana Bai Independent and Independent	124
5.	Compatibility of subscription-based models with Article 5 (2) of the DMA Case Study: Commission v Meta Platforms Inc Thomas Hoeren and Nora-Marie Fuchs ITM Münster (FRG) and University of Münster	121
6.	Injunctions Contra Mundum, Jurisdiction, and Standing Timothy Liau London School of Economics – Law School	118
7.	Formalism For Realists: Legal Doctrine as A Public Norm in the Creation of Legal Artifacts Thilo Kuntz Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf	105
8.	How Legalese Jeopardizes Enforceability Mark Cooney Cooley Law School	96
9.	Coercive Settlements Gilat Juli Bachar Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law	88

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