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Dorothy E. Roberts

2009
  Books and other Monographs
  February 2009
1 Sex, Power and Taboo: Gender and HIV in the Caribbean and Beyond (Ian Randle Publishers, 2009) (Co-authored by: Rhoda Reddock,, Dianne Douglas, and Sandra Reid ).
  Contributions to Books etc.
  October 2009
2 Sick and Tired: Working Women and Their Health in The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, A Study by Maria Shriver and The Center for American Progress, edited by Heather Boushey and Ann O’Leary (The Center for American Progress, 2009) (Co-authored by: Jessica Arons ).
  July 2009
3 Margaret Sanger and the Racial Origins of the Birth Control Movement in Racially Writing the Republic: Racists, Race Rebels, and Transformations of American Identity, edited by Bruce David Baum and Duchess Harris (Duke University Press, 2009) at Pages 196-213.
4 The entry on Constance Baker Motley in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law, edited by Roger K. Newman (Yale University Press, 2009) at Pages 393-394.
  May 2009
5 Torture and the Biopolitics of Race in Rethinking America: The Imperial Homeland in the 21 st Century, edited by Jeff Maskovsy and Ida Susser (Paradigm Publishers, 2009).
  Other
  January 2009
6 Family Planning Policy and Development Discourse in Trinidad & Tobago: A Case Study in Nationalism and Women’s Equality (2009).
  Periodical Articles
  June 2009
7 Race, Gender, and Genetic Technologies: A new Reproductive Dystopia? in 34 SIGNS 783-804 (2009).
  March 2009
8 Medical Hope, Legal Pitfalls: Potential Legal Issues in the Emerging Field of Oncofertility in 49 SANTA CLARA LAW REVIEW 673-716 (2009) (Co-authored by: Gregory Dolin, Lina M. Rodriguez, and Teresa K. Woodruff ).
2008
  Books and other Monographs
  January 2008
9 Women and the Law, 4th edition (Foundation Press, 2008) (Co-authored by: Libby S. Adler, Lisa A. Crooms, Judith G. Greenberg, and Martha L. Minow).
  Contributions to Books etc.
  May 2008
10 The Racial Geography of State Child Protection in New Landscapes of Inequality: Neoliberalism and the Erosion of Democracy in America, edited by Jane L. Collins, Micaela Di Leonardo, and Brett Williams (School for Advanced Research Press, 2008).
  February 2008
11 Race and the New Reproduction in The Reproductive Rights Reader: Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood, edited by Nancy Ehrenreich (New York University Press, 2008).
12 Making Reproduction a Crime in The Reproductive Rights Reader: Law, Medicine, and the Construction of Motherhood, edited by Nancy Ehrenreich (New York University Press, 2008).
  Periodical Articles
  October 2008
13 Is Race-Based Medicine Good for Us?: African American Approaches to Race, Biomedicine, and Equality in 36 JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS 537-545 (2008).
  August 2008
14 The Racial Geography of Child Welfare: Toward a New Research Paradigm in 87 CHILD WELFARE 125-150 (2008).
  May 2008
15 Torture and the Biopolitics of Race in 62 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW REVIEW 229-247 (2008).
  January 2008
16 Child Welfare’s Paradox in 49 WILLIAM & MARY LAW REVIEW 881-901 (2007).
2007
  Books and other Monographs
  March 2007
17 Dorothy E. Roberts, Leah Hill, and Erik Pitchal are the editors of The Racial Geography of the Child Welfare System: Community Impact and Response: Final Conference Report (Fordham Law School and Fordham Interdisciplinary Center for Family and Child Advocacy, 2006) (Co-authored by: Leah Hill, and Erik Pitchal ).
2006
  Books and other Monographs
  September 2006
18 Constitutional Law: Cases, History and Dialogues, 3rd edition (LexisNexis, 2006) (Co-authored by: William D. Araiza and Phoebe Haddon).
  Contributions to Books etc.
  September 2006
19 Adoption Myths and Racial Realities in the United States in Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption, edited by Jane Jeong Trenka, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and Sun Yung Shin (South End Press, 2006).
  Periodical Articles
  September 2006
20 Legal Constraints on the Use of Race in Biomedical Research: Toward a Social Justice Framework in 34 JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS 526-534 (2006).
  July 2006
21 Privatization and Punishment in the New Age of Reprogenetics in 54 EMORY LAW JOURNAL 1343 (2005).
22 The Community Dimension of State Child Protection in 34 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW 23 (2005).
23 Victims and Villains in Murder by Abortion Cases from Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Chicago in 124 TRIQUARTERLY 63-78 (2006) (Co-authored by: Carolyn Frazier).
  January 2006
24 A World Without Race: Does Black Nationalism Have to Go Too? in BOSTON REVIEW 33-35 (January/February 2006).
25 Race and Gender in the Law Review in 100 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 27-70 (2006) (Co-authored by: Cynthia Grant Bowman, and Leonard S. Rubinowitz).
2005
  Contributions to Books etc.
  December 2005
26 Child Welfare as a Racial Justice Issue in Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape, edited by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Anderson (Thomson Wadsworth, 2006) at Pages pages 320-325.
  August 2005
27 Children's Welfare and Children's Rights in Black Women in America, 2nd edition, edited by Darlene Clark Hine (Oxford University Press, 2005) at Volume 1, Pages page 220-227.
28 Reproductive Rights Movement in Black Women in America, edited by Darlene Clark Hine (Oxford University Press, 2005) at Volume 3, Pages page 51-56.
  January 2005
29 Feminism, Race, and Adoption Policy in Adoption Matters: Philosophical and Feminist Essays, edited by Sally Haslanger and Charlotte Witt (Cornell University Press, 2005) at Pages 234-246.
  Periodical Articles
  October 2005
30 Black Club Women and Child Welfare: Lessons for Modern Reform (2004 Mason Ladd Lecture) in 32 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 957-972 (2005).
  July 2005
31 Under-Intervention Versus Over-Intervention in 3 CARDOZO PUBLIC LAW, POLICY, AND ETHICS JOURNAL 371-375 (2005) (Co-authored by: Elizabeth Bartholet and David Lansner).
2004
  Books and other Monographs
  May 2004
32 Dorothy E. Roberts is the editor of Frug's Women and the Law, 3rd edition (Foundation Press; Thomson West, 2004) .
  Contributions to Books etc.
  December 2004
33 Child Welfare in Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and Policy, edited by Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor (ABC-CLIO, 2004).
34 Foster Care in Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and Policy, edited by Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor (ABC-CLIO, 2004).
  February 2004
35 The Collective Injury of Sexual Harassment in Directions in Sexual Harassment Law, edited by Catharine A. MacKinnon and Reva B. Siegel (Yale University Press, 2004).
  Periodical Articles
  August 2004
36 Welfare Reform and Economic Freedom: Low-Income Mothers' Decisions About Work at Home and in the Market in 44 SANTA CLARA LAW REVIEW 1029-1063 (2004).
  May 2004
37 The Social and Moral Cost of Mass Incarceration in African American Communities in 56 STANFORD LAW REVIEW 1271-1305 (2004).
  April 2004
38 Race, Class, and Care in BOSTON REVIEW (April/May 2004).
2003
  Books and other Monographs
  January 2003
39 First Amendment Law: Cases, Comparative Perspectives, and Dialogues (Anderson Publishing Co., 2003) (Co-authored by: Donald Lively, Phoebe Haddon, and William Araiza).
  Contributions to Books etc.
  August 2003
40 Rasse, Genetik und Reproduktions-technologien in Genpool: Biopolitik und Korper-Utopien, edited by Theo Steiner (Passagen Verlag, 2003) at Pages 212-222.
  April 2003
41 Black Women and Reproductive Health in National Colloquium on Black Women's Health (National Black Women's Health Project, 2003) at Pages 83-95.
  February 2003
42 Poverty, Race, and the Distortion of Dependency: The Case of Kinship Care in The Subject of Care: Feminist Perspectives on Dependency, edited by Eva Feder Kittay and Ellen K. Feder (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
  Periodical Articles
  June 2003
43 Child Welfare and Civil Rights in 2003 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW 171.
2002
  Contributions to Books etc.
  April 2002
44 Substance Abuse and Pregnancy in Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States, edited by Judith A. Baer (Greenwood Press, 2002) at Page 197.
  Periodical Articles
  December 2002
45 Social Justice and Family Court Reform in 40 FAMILY COURT REVIEW 453 (2002) (Co-authored by: Susan L. Brooks).
  April 2002
46 Welfare Reform and Families in the Child Welfare System in 61 MARYLAND LAW REVIEW 386-436 (2002) (Co-authored by: Morgan B. Ward Doran).
2001
  Books and other Monographs
  December 2001
47 Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare (Basic Books, 2002).
  August 2001
48 The Impact of Welfare Reform on Families Involved in Child Protective Services: Parents' Perceptions and Experiences (University of Illinois Center for Children and Family Research, 2001) (Co-authored by: Morgan Ward Doran) .
  Papers
  April 2001
49 Kinship Care and the Price of State Support for Poor Children (Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 2000) .
  Periodical Articles
  October 2001
50 Kinship Care and the Price of State Support for Children in 76 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW 1619-1642 (2001) .
  August 2001
51 Criminal Justice and Black Families: The Collateral Damage of Over-Enforcement in 34 U.C. DAVIS LAW REVIEW 1005-1028 (2001) .
  April 2001
52 Poverty, Welfare Reform, and the Meaning of Disability in 62 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 425-463 (2001) (Co-authored by: Jennifer Pokempner) .
  February 2001
53 Creating and Solving the Problem of Drug Use During Pregnancy in 90 JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY 1353-1370 (2000) .
  January 2001
54 Commentary: The Paradox of Silence: Some Questions About Silence As Resistance in 5 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF RACE AND LAW 927-941 (2000) .
2000
  Contributions to Books etc.
  August 2000
55 Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters in Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Words of Wisdom from Multicultural Attorneys Who've Been There and Done That, edited by Karen Clanton (American Bar Association, 2000) at Pages 126-128.
  April 2000
56 The Ethics of Punishing Indigent Families in From Social Justice to Criminal justice: Poverty and the Administration of Criminal Law, edited by edited by William C. Heffernan and John Kleining (Oxford University Press, 2000) at Pages 161-188.
  Periodical Articles
  October 2000
57 The New Politics of Child Welfare in FAMILY SUPPORT MAGAZINE 45 (Summer, 2000) .
  July 2000
58 Race and the Politics of Child Welfare in 21 INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH NEWS 4 (Summer, 2000).
  May 2000
59 The Moral Exclusivity of the New Civil Society in 75 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW 555-582 (2000).
60 Black Women and the Pill in 32 FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES 92 (March/April 2000).
  April 2000
61 The Challenge of Substance Abuse for Family Preservation Policy in 3 JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE LAW AND POLICY 72-87 (1999) .
  March 2000
62 Postscript, Caught in the Crossfire: Illinois Roundtable on Welfare Reform, Women of Color and Reproductive Health, October 13, 1999 16 (2000).
  February 2000
63 Is There Justice in Children's Rights?: The Critique of Federal Family Preservation Policy in 2 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 112-140 (1999).
1999
  Books and other Monographs
  October 1999
64 Constitutional Law: Cases, History, and Dialogues, 2nd ed. (Anderson Publishing Co., 2000) (Co-authored by: Donald E. Lively, Phoebe A. Haddon, Russell L. Weaver, and William D. Araiza).
65 Teacher's Manual for Frug's Women & the Law, 2nd ed. (Foundation Press, 1998) (Co-authored by: Martha Minow and Judith Greenberg).
  Contributions to Books etc.
  November 1999
66 Welfare's Ban on Poor Motherhood in Whose Welfare?, edited by Gwendolyn Mink (Cornell University Press, 1999) at Pages 152-167.
  July 1999
67 Mothers Who Fail to Protect their Children: Accounting for Private and Public Responsibility in Mother Troubles: Rethinking Contemporary Maternal Dilemmas, edited by . Hanigsberg and Sara Ruddick (Beacon Press, 1999) at Pages 31-47.
  February 1999
68 Why Culture Matters to Law: the Difference Politics Makes in Cultural Pluralism, Identity Politics, and the Law, edited by Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns (University of Michigan Press, 1999) at Pages 85-110.
  Papers
  November 1999
69 Is There Justice in Children's Rights?: the Critique of Federal Family Preservation Policy (Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1999) .
  Periodical Articles
  November 1999
70 Poverty, Race, and New Directions in Child Welfare Policy in 1 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY 63-76 (1999) .
  October 1999
71 Foreward: Race, Vagueness, and the Social Meaning of Order-Maintainance Policing in 89 JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY 775-836 (1999) .
  September 1999
72 Who May Give Birth to Citizens? Reproduction, Eugenics and Immigration in 1 RUTGERS RACE AND THE LAW REVIEW 129-135 (1998) .
  February 1999
73 Sources of Commitment to Social Justice in 4 ROGER WILLIAMS LAW REVIEW 175-203 (1998).


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