Boalt Working Papers in Public Law

eScholarship stats: History by Item for May through August, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-08	2026-07	2026-06	2026-05
1vx650hb	Valuable Patents	864	261	453	90	60
2s999405	Executions, Deterrence and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities	788	575	104	61	48
4499k9wq	Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation	761	209	209	158	185
44x1k2d3	Envisioning Copyright Law's Digital Future	596	302	177	55	62
776358p2	Intellectual Property Rights and Standard-Setting Organizations	447	209	130	39	69
4tf7r9tz	Behavioral Economics and the SEC	400	168	117	54	61
5xf8q46x	International Law and the War in Iraq	327	95	63	96	73
2114b9t2	The Origins of Judicial Review	311	156	35	61	59
41026552	Rational Ignorance at the Patent Office	309	99	96	44	70
3sc352z3	Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: An Empirical Examination of Sovereign Bonds	293	63	25	78	127
9wq259tk	Ending Abuse of Patent Continuations	268	85	71	39	73
6vx6x59n	Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice: An Empirical Ranking of Judicial Performance	265	77	46	68	74
8jt5v8p0	The Growing Complexity of the United States Patent System	265	173	10	46	36
4x085916	The Origins of Judicial Review	253	48	49	80	76
068166zz	Share Repurchases and Managerial Opportunism	244	98	33	44	69
61h0g1dd	The Problematics of the Pareto Principle	239	30	19	107	83
0vk9f065	The Supreme Court Opinion as Institutional Practice: Dissent, Legal Scholarship, and Decisionmaking in the Taft Court	231	89	38	37	67
1pp7n332	Luck and Identity	215	47	34	52	82
7tv5r121	The Mixed Constitution and the Common Law	215	95	51	30	39
9fd5p4sb	Global Governance and the WTO	213	92	53	34	34
0h7602tx	A Theory of International Adjudication	210	79	27	51	53
4037w2x5	Adam Smith on Justice, Rights and Law	201	98	28	40	35
4px3m0fx	Law as Treaties?: The Constitutionality of Congressional-Executive Agreements	195	61	22	52	60
6rp4w322	A Century of Change in Personal Injury Law	194	91	22	43	38
2wq63359	A New Dynamism in the Public Domain	193	59	38	45	51
74d9z2r3	Reducing Digital Copyright Infringement Without Restricting Innovation	191	38	28	59	66
7v4049dv	The Constitutional Status of Commercial Speech	183	37	47	45	54
8j41p131	Are the U.S. Patent Priority Rules Really Necessary?	182	79	67	21	15
10w7b6w5	"Fighting Fire with Fire": Rethinking the Role of Disgust in Hate Crimes	181	41	24	72	44
4tf2j4v7	Open Access to Broadband Networks: A Case Study of the AOL/Time Warner Merger	180	44	28	42	66
6hx8d8tt	Ending Patent Law's Willfullness Game	178	39	24	54	61
5st3q35n	The Concept of National Law and the Rule of Recognition	172	61	30	47	34
9rt158vp	Can WealthTaxes Be Justified	170	68	30	29	43
1hg4f4dw	Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000	169	56	13	32	68
2t34q7r3	Who Would Win a Tournament of Judges	167	74	9	36	48
5rq3n7f5	Using Force	164	53	48	23	40
5bd510rt	The Evidence on Securities Class Actions	161	79	31	34	17
50j447cd	The Puzzling Persistence of Process-Based Federalism Theories	158	56	23	47	32
9bd4p8st	Who's Patenting What? An Empirical Exploration of Patent Prosecution	155	61	47	24	23
7kt6n5zf	The Status of Terrorists	153	43	36	32	42
6nx4k5fd	The President's Constitutional Authority to Conduct Military Operations Against Terrorist Organizations and the Nations that Harbor or Support Them	150	42	40	33	35
7zc8k5pq	Ex Ante Versus Ex Post Justifications for Intellectual Property	147	38	32	27	50
5wz6k4c1	The Myth of Civic Republicanism: Interrogating the Ideology of Antebellum Legal Ethics	146	35	15	33	63
3c89518b	The Accident Externality from Driving	145	33	42	22	48
4mj3c0hg	Law, Loyalty and Citizenship	138	19	10	56	53
51t802zx	Economy and Polity in Bentham's Science of Legislation	138	47	18	16	57
90b3f8np	A Quick and Inexpensive System for Resolving Digital Copyright Disputes	137	25	17	54	41
0tb7k2gs	Backlash Against the Americans with Disabilities Act: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Implications for Social Justice Strategies	136	35	18	26	57
98w8s61d	The Value of Ownership	132	33	31	25	43
4660k3d8	Open Market Repurchases: Signaling or Managerial Opportunism	130	32	45	29	24

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