Data protection regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), all presume that the individual “owns” her or his individual personally identifiable information (PII). However, the law of data ownership is far from settled....

Eligibility criteria determine a crucial question for all voluntary assisted dying frameworks: who can access assistance to die? This article undertakes a critical and comparative analysis of these criteria across five legal frameworks: existing laws in Victoria, Western Australia, Oregon and...

This essay, originally presented as a talk at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis on April 30, 2023, as part of the Midwest LGBTQ+ Rights Conference and the Washington University Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series, takes up the new intersectional and anti-racist...

In 2022, the United Nations recognized the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right. The UN Resolution urged “[s]tates, international organizations, business enterprises and other relevant stakeholders to adopt policies, to enhance international cooperation,...

This article analyzes the asylum decisions of immigration agencies and federal appellate courts and demonstrates that the case law driven standard for persecution is out of step with the original meaning of the term, international law standards, and contemporary understanding of how human beings...

The controversy over human gene patents was recently reignited when a United States Federal District Court decided in March 2010 that isolated human gene sequences are not patentable. An appeal of the decision is pending, but in late October, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a...

The receipt of information has always been important.Now with the increased ability to transfer information digitally access has become even more important. This article examines the divide between those who have access and those who do not: the status within the United States, the European...

This paper develops a model of child custody based on an incomplete-contract approach to the allocation of property rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments they make into their children, but can reduce the...

Representing children in dependency, adoption or guardianship proceedings requires attention to a variety of interests. Children need a voice: an adviser and an advocate whose judgment is unclouded by conflicting interests. Courts need information that the adult parties to the proceedings may...