Weekly Top 5 Papers – September 24, 2010

1. Regulating the Shadow Banking System
by Gary B. Gorton (Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)) and Andrew Metrick (Yale School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))

2. Commandeering the People: Why the Individual Health Insurance Mandate is Unconstitutional
by Randy E. Barnett (Georgetown University Law Center)

3. Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties: Extending the Leiter Rankings to the Top 70
by Valerie Aggerbeck (University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)) and Debby Hackerson (University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)) and Gregory C. Sisk (University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)) and Mary Wells (University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota))

4. The Razors-and-Blades Myth(s)
by Randal C. Picker (University of Chicago – Law School)

5. Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus
by Dan M. Kahan (Yale University – Law School) and Hank Jenkins-Smith (University of Oklahoma) and Donald Braman (Cultural Cognition Project; George Washington University – Law School)