(Much Belated!) Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Top SSRN Downloads for May 22, 2024

May 22, 2024

Yes, it’s actually Wednesday, and yes, we missed the charts for last week. Apologies to ContractsProf Blog readership as I’ve been traveling and dealing with some family health issues, but today we take steps toward setting things right. Let’s check out what is going on at SSRN in our favorite subject areas.

Top Downloads For:

Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 23 Mar 2024 – 22 May 2024

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Governing AI Agents Noam Kolt University of Toronto	577
2.	Online behavioural advertising, consumer empowerment and fair competition: Are the DSA transparency obligations the right answer? Elena Izyumenko, Martin Senftleben, Nynke Schutte, Edith G. Smit, Guda van Noort and Lieselotte van Velzen University of Amsterdam – Institute for Information Law (IViR), Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam	414
3.	The New AI: The Legal and Ethical Implications of ChatGPT and Other Emerging Technologies (Symposium Foreword) Deborah W. Denno and Erica Valencia-Graham Fordham University School of Law and Fordham University School of Law	165
4.	Time to Call Time on the Quistclose Trust Julius A W Grower University of Oxford	162
5.	Delimiting “Agreements” for International Law Duncan B. Hollis Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law	144
6.	Introduction to the Law of Secured Transactions Michael Conklin Angelo State University – Business Law	127
7.	Discussion Draft: Principles for AI in Contracting (Version 2.1) Christiane Wendehorst University of Vienna – Faculty of Law	121
8.	The Ethical Limits of Markets: Market Inalienability Kimberly D. Krawiec University of Virginia School of Law	85
9.	Wholesale Price Discrimination and Contract Unobservability Shengming Zheng, Quan Zheng and Asoo Vakharia International Institute of Finance, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology of China – School of Management and University of Florida – Warrington College of Business Administration	84
10.	Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights Andrea J. Boyack University of Missouri School of Law	68

Top Downloads For:

Law & Society: Private Law – Contracts eJournal

Recent Top Papers (60 days)

As of: 23 Mar 2024 – 22 May 2024

Rank	Paper	Downloads
1.	Pay to Plead: Finding Unfairness and Abusive Practices in California Debt Collection Cases Claire Johnson Raba and Dalié Jiménez University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law	259
2.	The Ethical Limits of Markets: Market Inalienability Kimberly D. Krawiec University of Virginia School of Law	85
3.	Consumer Protection and the Illusory Promise of the Unconscionability Defense Benjamin C. Zipursky and Zahra Takhshid Fordham University School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law	78
4.	Who’s Your Debtor? Group Insolvency and the Curious Case of Celsius Ilya Kokorin Leiden University – Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law and the Department of Company Law	67
5.	Reconciliation at the Border of Public and Private Law: Rethinking Contract Principles in the Context of Impact and Benefit Agreements Logan Stack Conway Baxter Wilson LLP	65
6.	Exploring Blockchain-Based Alternative Dispute Resolution: Limitations of Traditional Methods and Prospects for Further Research Jamilya Kamalova CNRS-University of Paris 2	58
7.	Introduction for The Arbitration Conversation: Insights and Wisdom from Experts in the Field Amy J. Schmitz Ohio State University (OSU) – Michael E. Moritz College of Law	56
8.	The Private Litigation Impact of New York’s Green Amendment Evan Bianchi, Sean Di Luccio, Martin Lockman and Vincent Nolette Independent, Independent, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and Columbia University – Sabin Center for Climate Change Law	46
9.	Forced Arbitration in the Fortune 500 David Horton University of California, Davis – School of Law	35
10.	Strategically Restated Defaults Wendy Gerwick Couture University of Idaho College of Law	32

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