Michele Goodwin

University of California, Irvine School of Law

Chancellor's Professor of Law; Director, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy

401 E. Peltason Dr.

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1.

The Free Market Approach to Adoption: The Value of a Baby

Boston College Third World Law Journal, Vol. 26, 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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adoption, market, economics, race, class, taxation, privacy

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Formalism and the Legal Status of Body Parts

University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 26, pp. 317-388, 2006
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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tort, property, body parts, economics, strict liability, takings

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Abortion: A Woman's Private Choice

Texas Law Review, Vol. 95, 2017, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 26 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 13 May 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky and Michele Goodwin
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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abortion, pregnancy, Hyde Amendment, reproductive rights, reproductive justice

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Altruism's Limits: Law, Capacity, and Organ Commodification

Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, Winter 2004
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 30 Jan 2007
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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commodification, private ordering, organs, race, choice

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Assisted Reproductive Technology & the Double-Bind: The Illusory Choice of Motherhood

Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 1-54, Fall 2005
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 Jan 2007
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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biotechnology, assisted reproduction, motherhood, discrimination, law, medicine

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Compulsory Vaccination Laws are Constitutional

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 110, No.3, 2015/16, pp.589-616
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky and Michele Goodwin
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Invisible Women: Mass Incarceration's Forgotten Casualties

Texas Law Review, Vol. 94, No.2, 2015-2016, pp.353-396
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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drug war, mass incarceration, women, sexism, government surveillance, criminal record, probation, parole, children, prison nurseries, collateral damage, human research, human research ethics, ethnography, Alice Goffman, James Jacobs, On The Run, The Eternal Criminal Record

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Marital Rape: The Long Arch of Sexual Violence against Women and Girls

AJIL Unbound, Vol. 109, 2015
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 May 2016 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Religion Is Not a Basis for Harming Others

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol.105, No.5, June, 2015/16
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky and Michele Goodwin
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Law's Limits: Regulating Statutory Rape Law

Wisconsin Law Review, 2013
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 May 2013
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Crime, Rape, Statutory rape, Sexual predatory, Adolescents, Teens, Sex, Pregnancy, Abstinence, Punishment, Cruel and Unusual, Race, Gender

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Fetal Protection Laws: Moral Panic and the New Constitutional Battlefront

California Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 4, August 2014
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 18 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Constitutional Law, Reproduction, Privacy, Due Process, Abortion, Race, Society, Punishment, Privilege, Fiduciary Duty

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Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., Vol. 13, James D. Wright, Editor, 2015, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 May 2015
Michele Goodwin and Allison Whelan
University of California, Irvine School of Law and Government of the United States of America - Court of Appeals
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Bioethics, biotechnology, science, law, human research, informed consent, experimentation, Tuskegee Study, Nuremberg Trial, Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, contraception, HIV, autonomy, Willowbrook, prisoner research

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Implicit Racial Bias Across the Law (Book Synopsis)

Justin D. Levinson and Robert J. Smith (eds), IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS ACROSS THE LAW, Cambridge University Press (May 2012)
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 26 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2020
Justin D. Levinson, Robert J. Smith, Jerry Kang, Michelle Wilde Anderson, Victoria Plaut, Danielle Young, Dorothy A. Brown, Rachel D. Godsil, Charles Ogletree, Charles R. Lawrence, Deana Pollard-Sacks, Melissa Hart, Michele Goodwin, Naomi Duke, Danielle M. Conway, Susan K. Serrano, Eric K. Yamamoto, Nancy Gertner and G. Ben Cohen
University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, Harvard Law School (Fair Punishment Project, a joint initiative of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute & Criminal Justice Institute), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa - Department of Psychology, Emory University School of Law, Rutgers Law School, Harvard Law School, University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, University of California, Irvine School of Law, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Penn State Dickinson Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, Harvard Law School and The Promise of Justice Initiative
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Implicit Racial Bias, Corporations, Criminal Law, Torts, Property, Cyber, Tax, Federal Indian, Intellectual Property, Capital Punishment, Reparations, Employment, Health, Education, Communications, Environmental

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The Thirteenth Amendment: Modern Slavery, Capitalism, and Mass Incarceration

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 104, 2019, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2019
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Prosecuting the Womb

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 101, 2008
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 02 Sep 2010
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care, gender, feminism, women's rights

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If Embryos and Fetuses Have Rights

Law & Ethics of Human Rights, Vol. 11, No, 2, 2017, pp.189-224
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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non-human, personhood, embryo, fetuses, pregnant women, granted rights, duty to rescue

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Precarious Moorings: Tying Fetal Drug Law Policy to Social Profiling

Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 42 (2011)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Jul 2012
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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fetal health harm, crime, motherhood, abortion, pregnancy, legislation, fetus, medicine, drug policy, war on drugs, disability, addiction, race, sex, gender, assisted reproduction

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A View from the Cradle: Tort Law and the Private Regulation of Assisted Reproduction

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 59, 2010
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Dec 2010
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care, gender, feminism, women's rights, torts, remedies

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Empires of the Flesh: Organ and Tissue Taboos

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 5, p. 1219, 2009
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Sep 2010
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Law, Society, Economics, Medicine, Health Care, Torts, Remedies

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Private Ordering and Intimate Spaces: Why the Ability to Negotiate is Non-Negotiable

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 105, Spring 2007
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Mar 2007
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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private ordering, commodification, economics, organs, social justice

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The Body Market: Race Politics & Private Ordering

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 599, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Aug 2010
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care

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When Institutions Fail: The Case of Underage Marriage in India

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-60
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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marriage, rule of law, family, rape, human rights, adolescent, caste, poverty, partnership

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The Pregnancy Penalty

Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2016
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 May 2016 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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No Immunity: Race, Class, and Civil Liberties in Times of Health Crisis

129 Harv. L. Rev. 956 (2016)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin and Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Baby Cooperatives: Rethinking the Nature of Family

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-34
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Jul 2012
Michele Goodwin and Naomi Duke
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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adoption, foster care, family, child abuse, economics, civil unions, cooperatives, kibbutz

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The Death of Affirmative Action?

Wisconsin Law Review, 2013:715
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Affirmative Action, Gender Discrimination, Race, Class, Fisher v. Texas, Grutter v. Gratz, Jews, Racism, Antisemitism, Social Justice, Education, Equality, Integration

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Pregnancy, Poverty and the State

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 127, 2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Mar 2018
Michele Goodwin and Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Patient Negligence

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, p. 223, 2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Sep 2010
Michele Goodwin and L. Song Richardson
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Law, Society, Economics, Medicine, Health Care, Torts, Remedies

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Capacity and Autonomy: A Thought Experiment on Minors' Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology

Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 34, 2011
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Sep 2011
Michele Goodwin and Naomi Duke
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Assisted reproductive technology (ART), capacity, autonomy, minors, adolescents, consent, reproduction[comma separated]

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The Economy of Citizenship

Temple Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, Summer 2003
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 12 May 2015
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Citizenship, Hate Speech, Segregation, Integration, Sexuality

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Constitutional Exceptionalism

2016 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1287 (2016)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin and Allison Whelan
University of California, Irvine School of Law and Government of the United States of America - Court of Appeals
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Vulnerable Subjects: Why Does Informed Consent Matter?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 44, Fall 2016
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Apr 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Reproduction and the Rule of Law in Latin America

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 5, 2015
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin and Allison Whelan
University of California, Irvine School of Law and Government of the United States of America - Court of Appeals
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Latin America, Reproduction, Rule of Law, Critical Mass, Abortion, Contraception, Politics, Elections, Healthcare, Reproductive Justice, Women's Rights, Chile, Uruguay, Public Health, Reproductive Rights

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The Transgender Military Ban: Preservation of Discrimination Through Transformation

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 114, No. 3, 2019
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2019
Michele Goodwin and Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Has the Emphasis on Autonomy Gone Too Far? Insights from Dostoevsky on Parental Decisionmaking in the NICU

Cambridge Quarterly, Vol. 15, pp. 147-151, 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Sep 2010
John J. Paris, Neil Graham, Michael D. Schrieber and Michele Goodwin
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care

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Relational Markets in Intimate Goods

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 44, p. 803, 2009
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 12 May 2015
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Law, Society, Economics, Medicine, Health Care, Race, Culture, Politics

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Constitutional Gerrymandering Against Abortion Rights: NIFLA v. Becerra

New York University Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2019
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 15 Apr 2019
Erwin Chemerinsky and Michele Goodwin
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Rethinking Colorblind State Action: A Thought Experiment on Racial Preferences

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, 2009
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Aug 2010
Michele Goodwin and Nevin Gewertz
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care, race culture, politics

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Breaking into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race and Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors

Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Vol. 7, p. 452, 2002
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 04 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 12 May 2015
Denise C. Morgan, Gabriel Jackson Chin, Michele Goodwin, Cynthia L. Fountaine, Rebecca E. Zietlow, Tanya Kateri Hernandez, Danielle M. Conway and Robert Odawi Porter
New York Law School, University of California, Davis - School of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law, University of Toledo College of Law, Fordham University School of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law and Syracuse University College of Law
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employment, hiring, law professors, legal academy

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Expressive Minimalism and Fuzzy Signals: The Judiciary and the Role of Law

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 19, 2009
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Sep 2010
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Law, Society, Economics, Medicine, Health Care

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American Courts and the Sex Blind Spot: Legitimacy and Representation

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 6, 2019
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 May 2019
Michele Goodwin and Mariah Lindsay
University of California, Irvine School of Law and National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
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Challenging the Rhetorical Gag and Trap: Reproductive Capacities, Rights, and the Helms Amendment

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 6, 2018
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jun 2018
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Revisiting Death: Implicit Bias and the Case of Jahi McMath

Hastings Center Report, November-December 2018
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 31 Jan 2019
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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implicit bias, race, medical malpractice, quality of care