Category: Taboo Trades
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Taboo Trades Podcast: College Sports with Paul Haagen
With the Final Four nearly upon us, I discuss college sports with Paul Haagen of Duke University and UVA Law 3L, Jackson Bailey. Paul is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Sports Law and Policy at Duke University. His principal academic interests are contracts, the social history of law, and law and…
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Decommodification As Exploitation with Vida Panitch
Vida Panitch and I discuss Decommodification As Exploitation with my co-host, UVA Law 3L Nevah Jones. Vida Panitch is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Ethics and Public Affairs at Carleton University. Her primary research project addresses the moral boundaries of markets – specifically markets in public goods, including health care and education, and physical goods,…
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Pandemics with Govind Persad
Co-hosts Samantha Spindler (UVA Law 2L), Madison White (UVA Law 3L), and I discuss pandemic responses with Govind Persad. Our focus is how to preserve personal choice in crisis response. Persad is an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Sturm college of law. Persad’s research interests center on the legal and ethical dimensions of…
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The Bodies of Former Slaves with Fred Smith
Fred and I discuss what society owes to the bodies and memories of former slaves with our co-host, UVA Law 3L Tom DelRegno Fred Smith Jr. is a Professor of Law at Emory University. He is a scholar of the federal judiciary, constitutional law, and local government. In 2019, he was named the law school’s…
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New Taboo Trades Podcast Episode: Reproductive Markets with Kim Mutcherson
There’s a new episode of the Taboo Trades podcast, featuring Kim Mutcherson, the Co-Dean and a Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School in Camden. Kim and I, together with Thalia Stanberry (UVA Law 3L) discuss commercial surrogacy, reproductive technology, sex work, and CRISPR
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New Taboo Trades Podcast Episode: Kidney To Share
Listen to a new episode of the Taboo Trades podcast: Kidney to Share with Martha Gershun and John Lantos, co-hosted by UVA Law 3Ls Kaitlyn O’Malley and Caitlyn Stollings. It’s an especially good episode. Appearances also from UVA Law students Nevah Jones, Alex Leseney, Thalia Stanberry, Samantha Spindler, and Tom DelRegno.
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Repugnance with Al Roth
Al Roth and I discuss hitmen, drugs, kidneys, paid sex, and other repugnances. We’re joined by co-hosts Madison White and Alex Leseney (both UVA 3Ls), with appearances from UVA 3Ls Thalia Stanberry, Caitlyn Stollings, Jackson Bailey, and Autumn Adams-jack. A good time was had by all!
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Taboo Trades Podcast Is Back!
I’m so happy that the Taboo Trades podcast is back for Season 2, after a hiatus.
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Taboo Markets On The Private Law Podcast
On the latest episode of The Private Law Podcast I discuss Taboo Markets and Trades with Felipe Jimenez. It was a wonderfully engaging conversation, due to Felipe’s thoughtfulness and knowledge. The topics ranged from sex work and egg and sperm markets to kidney donation and the Bad Art Friend. You can listen here or here …
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2021 Legal Forum Symposium: The Body
2021 Legal Forum Symposium: The Body Legal issues surrounding our bodies are both timely and timeless. Because our understanding of the body is constantly evolving, law must continue to redefine how our bodies interact with the world around us. Accordingly, the University of Chicago Legal Forum will convene scholars to discuss how the law directly regulates and…