• Richard Epstein: In Cautious Praise of the Commodification of Genetic Materials

Introduction + Framing and Legal History [Download: .mp3]

• Nevin Gewertz, Commentator
• Ray Madoff: The Body in American Law: An Historical Perspective

• Lior Strahilevitz, Commentator
• Benjamin Hippen: Organ Sales and Moral Travails: Lessons from the Living Kidney Vendor Program in Iran
• Lainie Ross: Markets Are Not an Ethical Solution to the Organ Shortage

• Lee Fennell, Commentator
• Debora Spar: Free Markets, Free Choice? A Market Approach to Reproductive Rights
• José Gabilondo: Heterosexuality Offspring Preference: Pricing and Policy Implications
• Mary Anne Case: For Love or Money: Sex Discrimination in Compensation for the Supply of Genetic Materials
• Kim Krawiec: The Politics of Parenthood: Altruism and Intermediation in the Market for Babies

Patents & Nature [Download: .mp3]

• Jake Linford, Commentator
• Mary Simmerling: Waste Not, Want Not?: Consent, Compensation, and the Business of Medical Research
• Stephen Hilgartner: Intellectual Property and the Politics of Emerging Technology: Inventors, Citizens, and Powers to Shape the Future
• Harriet Washington: Tissue Colonies: How Medical Distinctiveness Has Driven Profitable Wonders from the Body of the “Other”
• Michele Goodwin: Minimalism and Fuzzy Signals: The Judiciary and The Role of Law in Biotech Cases

Spheres of Law: Tort, Crime & Tax [Download: .mp3]

• Anup Malani, Commentator
• Song Richardson: Insult, Domination and Retribution: Punishing Bad Medical Actors
• Martha Ertman: Commodifying Genetic Material: An Argument for Hybridity
• Dorothy Brown: Contested Commodities: What’s Tax Policy Got to Do with It?