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.

Abortion: A Woman's Private Choice

Texas Law Review, Vol. 95, 2017, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-19
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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The Thirteenth Amendment: Modern Slavery, Capitalism, and Mass Incarceration

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 104, 2019, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-42
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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Compulsory Vaccination Laws are Constitutional

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 110, No.3, 2015/16, pp.589-616, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-71
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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Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., Vol. 13, James D. Wright, Editor, 2015, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-52
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 May 2015
Michele Goodwin and Allison Whelan
University of California, Irvine School of Law and Georgia State University College of Law
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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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The Free Market Approach to Adoption: The Value of a Baby

Boston College Third World Law Journal, Vol. 26, 2006, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper
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, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads 531 (91,314)
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tort, property, body parts, economics, strict liability, takings

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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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Fetal Protection Laws: Moral Panic and the New Constitutional Battlefront

California Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 4, August 2014, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2014-48
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 18 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads 501 (97,994)
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Constitutional Law, Reproduction, Privacy, Due Process, Abortion, Race, Society, Punishment, Privilege, Fiduciary Duty

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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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Invisible Women: Mass Incarceration's Forgotten Casualties

Texas Law Review, Vol. 94, No.2, 2015-2016, pp.353-396, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-66
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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Religion Is Not a Basis for Harming Others

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol.105, No.5, June, 2015/16 , UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-78
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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Marital Rape: The Long Arch of Sexual Violence against Women and Girls

AJIL Unbound, Vol. 109, 2015, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-35
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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Law's Limits: Regulating Statutory Rape Law

Wisconsin Law Review, 2013, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper 13-23
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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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), University of Hawai’i Richardson School of Law Research Paper No. 2045319
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, Sacks Law Firm, 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 University of Akron School of Law
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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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If Embryos and Fetuses Have Rights

Law & Ethics of Human Rights, Vol. 11, No, 2, 2017, pp.189-224, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2018-27
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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Prosecuting the Womb

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 101, 2008, REPRINTED IN WOMEN & THE LAW CASEBOOK, West Publishing, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-46
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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The Death of Affirmative Action?

Wisconsin Law Review, 2013:715, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-24
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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The Pregnancy Penalty

Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2016, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-34
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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Precarious Moorings: Tying Fetal Drug Law Policy to Social Profiling

Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 42 (2011), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-33
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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Empires of the Flesh: Organ and Tissue Taboos

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 5, p. 1219, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-49
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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A View from the Cradle: Tort Law and the Private Regulation of Assisted Reproduction

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 59, 2010, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-68
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Dec 2010
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads 217 (240,732)
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care, gender, feminism, women's rights, torts, remedies

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Pregnancy, Poverty and the State

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 127, 2018, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2018-21
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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Constitutional Exceptionalism

2016 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1287 (2016), UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-50
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 Georgia State University College of Law
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Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present

Perspectives on Politics, 2021, forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-41
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 28 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2021
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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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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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 Body Market: Race Politics & Private Ordering

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 599, 2007, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 38
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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Vulnerable Subjects: Why Does Informed Consent Matter?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 44, Fall 2016, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-21
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Apr 2017
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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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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Capacity and Autonomy: A Thought Experiment on Minors' Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology

Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 34, 2011, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-39
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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No Immunity: Race, Class, and Civil Liberties in Times of Health Crisis

129 Harv. L. Rev. 956 (2016), UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-98
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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The Transgender Military Ban: Preservation of Discrimination Through Transformation

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 114, No. 3, 2019, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-37
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 28 May 2021
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, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-53
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Sep 2010
Michele Goodwin and L. Song Richardson
University of California, Irvine School of Law and Colorado College
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Law, Society, Economics, Medicine, Health Care, Torts, Remedies

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A Different Type of Property: White Women and the Human Property They Kept

Michigan Law Review, Vol.119, No.6, 2021, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2020-58
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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race, property, slavery, women, law

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Trump Administration: Immigration, Racism & Covid-19

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 169, No. 2, 2021, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-20
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 28 Apr 2021
Michele Goodwin and Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Constitutional Gerrymandering Against Abortion Rights: NIFLA v. Becerra

New York University Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2019, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-25
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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The Economy of Citizenship

Temple Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, Summer 2003, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-43
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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Reproduction and the Rule of Law in Latin America

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 5, 2015, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-44
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 Georgia State University College of Law
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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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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, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-44
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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Revisiting Death: Implicit Bias and the Case of Jahi McMath

Hastings Center Report, November-December 2018, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-08
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

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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 "Jack" 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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Relational Markets in Intimate Goods

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 44, p. 803, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-52
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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Rethinking Colorblind State Action: A Thought Experiment on Racial Preferences

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, 2009, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-39
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
Downloads 94 (469,015)
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law, society, economics, medicine, health care, race culture, politics

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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, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-48
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, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-32
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, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2018-46
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jun 2018
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Will the Past Be Prologue? Race, Equality, and Human Genetics

Boston University Law Review Online 2022
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 Jun 2022
Allison Whelan and Michele Goodwin
Georgia State University College of Law and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Genome editing, equality, racism, healthcare access and affordability

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Women On The Frontlines

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 106, 2021, forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-36
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 14 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2021
Michele Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
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