The Corporate Practice Commentator is pleased to announce the results of its annual poll of the 10 best corporate and securities articles. (Because of ties there are 11 on this year's list.) Teachers in corporate and securities law were asked to select the best corporate and securities articles from a list of articles published during 2004. Because of the vagaries of publication, indexing, and mailing, some articles published in 2004 have a 2003 date, and not all articles containing a 2004 date were published in time to be included in this year's list.

The articles, listed in alphabetical order of the initial author, are:

• Arlen, Jennifer and Eric Talley. Unregulable defenses and the perils of shareholder choice. 152 U. Pa. L. Rev. 577-666 (2003).
  
  
• Bainbridge, Stephen M. The business judgment rule as abstention doctrine. 57 Vand. L. Rev. 83-130 (2004).
  
  
• Bebchuk, Lucian Arye and Alma Cohen. Firms' decisions where to incorporate. 46 J.L. & Econ. 383-425 (2003).
  
  
• Blair, Margaret M. Locking in capital: what corporate law achieved for business organizers in the nineteenth century. 51 UCLA L. Rev. 387-455 (2003).
  
  
• Gilson, Ronald J. and Jeffrey N. Gordon. Controlling shareholders. 152 U. Pa. L. Rev. 785-843 (2003).
  
  
• Roe, Mark J. Delaware 's competition. 117 Harv. L. Rev. 588-646 (2003).
  
  
• Sale, Hillary A. Delaware 's good faith. 89 Cornell L. Rev. 456-495 (2004).
  
  
• Stout, Lynn A. The mechanisms of market inefficiency: an introduction to the new finance. 28 J. Corp. L. 635-669 (2003). 
  
  
• Subramanian, Guhan. Bargaining in the shadow of takeover defenses. 113 Yale L.J. 621-686 (2003).
  
  
• Subramanian, Guhan. The disappearing Delaware effect. 20 J.L. Econ. & Org. 32-59 (2004)
  
  
• Thompson, Robert B. and Randall S. Thomas. The new look of shareholder litigation: acquisition-oriented class actions. 57 Vand. L. Rev. 133-209 (2004).
  

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