Ranking law schools: Using SSRN to measure scholarly performance

Indiana Law Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-139

  Black, Bernard S ^a,b,c   Caron, Paul L ^d  

^a School of Law   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Social Science Research Network   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 32944473484     PISSN: 00196665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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