Among all the thousands of books about law and related fields, which ones are most influential? Or, if
we can?t measure influence directly, which ones are cited the most often in articles in law review and social science journals? One study gives us a
snapshot:
Mr. Shapiro created four lists of books published since 1978:
Citations for multiple editions of one work were combined.
Here are the lists sorted by author, with their call numbers in the
Gallagher Law Library (or, if not available here, in the University of
Washington Libraries). (The article has the lists sorted by number of
articles citing each work.) The lists are used in this guide with the
permission of Fred R. Shapiro, Associate Librarian for Collections and
Access, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.
Compiled by Fred R. Shapiro
|
Author |
Title |
Gallagher Law Library
(or UW Libraries) |
|
Ackerman, Bruce A. |
Social Justice in the Liberal State (1980) |
JC571 .A135 at Classified Stacks |
|
Ackerman, Bruce A. |
We the People (1991, 1998) |
KF4541 .A8 1991 at Classified Stacks |
Ackerman, Bruce A.
Hassler, William T. |
Clean Coal/Dirty Air: Or How the Clean Air Act Became a Multibillion-Dollar Bail-Out for High-Sulfur Coal Producers and What Should Be Done about It |
KF3812 .A93 at Classified Stacks |
|
Bell, Derrick A., Jr. |
And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice (1987) (1989) |
E185.615 .B39 1987 at Classified Stacks |
|
Bork, Robert H. |
The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself (1978) (1993) |
KF1649 .B67 at Classified Stacks [1978]
KF1649 .B67 1993 at Classified Stacks |
|
Bork, Robert H. |
The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law (1990) |
KF5130 .B59 1990 at Classified Stacks |
|
Breyer, Stephen G. |
Regulation and Its Reform (1982) |
HD3616.U47 B68 at Classified Stacks |
|
Calabresi, Guido |
Common Law for the Age of Statutes (1982) |
KF425 .C34 at Classified Stacks |
Calabresi, Guido
Bobbit, Philip |
Tragic Choices (1978) |
H61 .C23 1978 at Classified Stacks |
|
Choper, Jesse H. |
Judicial Review and the National Political Process: A Functional Reconsideration of the Role of the Supreme Court (1980) |
KF8748 .C39 at Classified Stacks |
|
Dworkin, Ronald M. |
A Matter of Principle (1985) |
KF380 .D85 1985 at Classified Stacks |
|
Dworkin, Ronald M. |
Law?s Empire (1986) |
K230.D9 L39 1986 at Classified Stacks |
|
Dworkin, Ronald M. |
Taking Rights Seriously (1978) |
K240 .D86 1978 at Reference Area & Classified Stacks |
Easterbrook, Frank H.
Fischel, Daniel R. |
The Economic Structure of Corporate Law (1991) |
KF1416 .E27 1991 at Classified Stacks |
|
Ellickson, Robert C. |
Order without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes (1991) |
K370 .E45 1991 at Classified Stacks |
|
Ely, John Hart |
Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review (1980) |
KF4575 .E4 at Classified Stacks |
|
Epstein, Richard A. |
Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain |
KF5599 .E67 1985 at Classified Stacks |
|
Estrich, Susan |
Real Rape (1987) |
KF9329 .E87 1987 at Classified Stacks |
Farber, Daniel A.
Frickey, Philip P. |
Law and Public Choice: A Critical Introduction (1991) |
K487.E3 F37 1991 at Classified Stacks |
|
Fish, Stanley E. |
Doing What Comes Naturally: Change, Rhetoric, and the Practice of Theory in Literary and Legal Studies (1989) |
PN441 .F44 1989 at Classified Stacks |
|
Fletcher, George P. |
Rethinking Criminal Law (1978) |
KF5018 .F57 at Reference Area & Classified Stacks |
|
Fried, Charles |
Contract as Promise: A Theory of Contractual Obligation (1981) |
K840 .F74 at Classified Stacks |
|
Fried, Charles |
Right and Wrong (1978) |
BJ1012 .F74 at Classified Stacks |
|
Friedman, Lawrence M. |
A History of American Law (2d ed. 1985) |
KF352 .F7 1985 at Classified Stacks |
|
Glendon, Mary Ann |
Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse (1991) |
KF4749 .G54 1991 at Classified Stacks |
Goldstein, Joseph
Freud, Anna
Solnit, Albert J. |
Before the Best Interests of the Child (1979) |
KF547 .G64 at Classified Stacks |
|
Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1979)
|
KF547 .G65 at Classified Stacks [1973 ed.]
HV713 .G54 1979 at
UW Libraries |
|
In the Best Interests of the Child: Professional Boundaries (1986) |
KF547 .I5 1986 at
UW Libraries |
|
The Best Interest of the Child: The Least Detrimental Alternative (1996) |
KF547 .G64 at Classified Stacks |
Hastie, Reid
Penrod, Steven D.
Pennington, Nancy |
Inside the Jury (1983) |
KF8972 .H3 1983 at
UW Libraries |
Heinz, John P.
Laumann, Edward O. |
Chicago Lawyers: The Social Structure of the Bar (1982) (1994) |
KF297 .H42 1982 at Classified Stacks |
|
Horwitz, Morton J. |
The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960: The Crisis of Legal Orthodoxy (1992) |
KF380 .H67 1992 at Classified Stacks |
|
Huber, Peter W. |
Liability: The Legal Revolution and Its Consequences (1988) |
KF1250 .H8 1988 at Classified Stacks |
|
Kairys, David |
The Politics of Law: A Progressive Critique (1982) (1990) (1998) |
KF8700 .P65 1982 at Classified Stacks
KF8700 .P65 1990 at Classified Stacks
KF8700 .P65 1998 at Reference Area |
|
Kelman, Mark G. |
A Guide to Critical Legal Studies (1987) |
K230.K43 G85 1987 at Classified Stacks |
Landes, William M.
Posner, Richard A. |
The Economic Structure of Tort Law (1987) |
KF1251 .L36 1987 at Classified Stacks |
|
MacKinnon, Catharine A. |
Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law (1987) |
KF478 .M25 1987 at Classified Stacks |
|
MacKinnon, Catharine A. |
Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination (1979) |
KF3467 .M3 at Classified Stacks |
|
MacKinnon, Catharine A. |
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989) |
K644 .M33 1989 at Classified Stacks |
|
Macneil, Ian R. |
The New Social Contract: An Inquiry into Modern Contractual Relations (1980) |
K840 .M3 at Classified Stacks |
|
Mashaw, Jerry L. |
Bureaucratic Justice: Managing Social Security Disability Claims (1983) |
KF3650.5 .M37 1983 at Classified Stacks |
|
Minow, Martha L. |
Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and American Law (1990) |
K627 .M56 1990 at Classified Stacks |
|
Perry, Michael J. |
The Constitution, the Courts, and Human Rights: An Inquiry into the Legitimacy of Constitutional Policymaking by the Judiciary (1982) |
KF4749 .P43 1982 at Classified Stacks |
|
Posner, Richard A. |
See also Landes (coauthored work) |
KF1251 .L36 1987 at Classified Stacks |
|
Posner, Richard A. |
The Economics of Justice (1981) (1983) |
JC578 .P67 at Classified Stacks |
|
Posner, Richard A. |
The Federal Courts: Crisis and Reform (1985) |
KF8700 .P67 1985 at Classified Stacks |
|
The Federal Courts: Challenge and Reform (1996) |
KF8700 .P67 1996 at Classified Stacks |
|
Posner, Richard A. |
The Problems of Jurisprudence (1990) |
K230.P665 P76 1990 at Classified Stacks |
|
Shavell, Steven |
Economic Analysis of Accident Law (1987) |
K923 .S5 1987 at Classified Stacks |
|
Stevens, Robert B. |
Law School: Legal Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s (1983) |
KF272 .S8 1983 at Classified Stacks |
|
Sunstein, Cass R. |
After the Rights Revolution: Reconceiving the Regulatory State (1990) |
KF3300 .S86 1990 at Classified Stacks |
|
Tushnet, Mark V. |
Red, White, and Blue: A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law (1988) |
KF4575 .T87 1988 at Classified Stacks |
|
White, James Boyd |
When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community (1984) |
P106 .W574 1984 at Classified Stacks |
|
Williams, Patricia J. |
The Alchemy of Race and Rights (1991) |
KF4757 .W53 1991 at Reference Area |
Woodward, Bob
Armstrong, Scott |
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court (1979) |
KF8742 .W66 at Classified Stacks |
Compiled by Fred R. Shapiro
