Comments on: More Musings on SSRN http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/02/more_musings_on.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:24:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel J. Solove http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/02/more_musings_on.html/comment-page-1#comment-55345 Daniel J. Solove Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:58:59 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/02/more-musings-on-ssrn.html#comment-55345 Law & economics is prominent on SSRN probably because SSRN has an entire network for regular economics scholarship, in addition to its network for law scholarship. Therefore, it doesn't surprise me that law & economics scholars want to share their work on SSRN, as it is used by both law and economics scholars as well as by regular economics scholars. Perhaps one reason why legal history hasn't taken off on SSRN is because there is not as widespread use of SSRN by regular historians. If there were a history network on SSRN, perhaps a greater culture for posting history work would develop. It would be very nice to see SSRN expand into other humanities fields. Law & economics is prominent on SSRN probably because SSRN has an entire network for regular economics scholarship, in addition to its network for law scholarship. Therefore, it doesn’t surprise me that law & economics scholars want to share their work on SSRN, as it is used by both law and economics scholars as well as by regular economics scholars.

Perhaps one reason why legal history hasn’t taken off on SSRN is because there is not as widespread use of SSRN by regular historians. If there were a history network on SSRN, perhaps a greater culture for posting history work would develop. It would be very nice to see SSRN expand into other humanities fields.

]]> By: Alex http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/02/more_musings_on.html/comment-page-1#comment-55344 Alex Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:41:44 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/02/more-musings-on-ssrn.html#comment-55344 I would think that one of the advantages of SSRN is the ability to get your paper out in the public domain (literally, albeit electronically, "published") while waiting to get published in print. Law and economics work is often published in peer-reviewed journals, where the publication process takes a lot longer than at law reviews. Simultaneously, many law and economics papers deal with current events in the business and corporate world (e.g. options backdating, securities class action settlements, or Rule 10b5-1) where timeliness is particularly valuable. I don't know enough to comment about law & humanities, but if they are (1) more often published in law reviews, (2) less time-sensitive in terms of content, or (3) both, then that might explain the difference. I would think that one of the advantages of SSRN is the ability to get your paper out in the public domain (literally, albeit electronically, “published”) while waiting to get published in print. Law and economics work is often published in peer-reviewed journals, where the publication process takes a lot longer than at law reviews. Simultaneously, many law and economics papers deal with current events in the business and corporate world (e.g. options backdating, securities class action settlements, or Rule 10b5-1) where timeliness is particularly valuable. I don’t know enough to comment about law & humanities, but if they are (1) more often published in law reviews, (2) less time-sensitive in terms of content, or (3) both, then that might explain the difference.

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