I. Glenn Cohen

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Assistant Professor of Law

Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics

Office: Griswold 503
Assistant: Ben Tobin 617/496-4662
Phone: (617) 496-2518
Email: igcohen@law.harvard.edu
Web Page: Glenn Cohen personal page

Research Interests

  • Bioethics
  • Health law
  • Food and Drug Law
  • Civil Procedure
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Family Law (especially Reproductive Technology)

Appointments

  • Academic Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, 2006 - 2008
  • Lecturer on Law, 2007
  • Assistant Professor of Law, 2008
  • Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, 2009

Representative Publications

  • Cohen, I. Glenn. "Intentional Diminishment, The Non-Identity Problem, and Legal Liability," 60 Hastings L. J. 347 (2008).
    Full text: SSRN
  • Cohen, I. Glenn. "The Constitution and the Rights Not to Procreate," 60 Stan. L. Rev. 1135 (2008).
    Full text: WWW
  • Cohen, I. Glenn. "The Right Not to Be a Genetic Parent?" 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1115 (2008).
    Full text: WWW
  • Cohen, I. Glenn. "Negotiating Death: ADR and End of Life Decision-making," 9 Harvard Negotation Law Review 253 (2004).
    Full text: WWW
  • Cohen, I. Glenn. "Therapeutic Orphans, Pediatric Victims? The Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act and Existing Pediatric Human Subject Protection," 58 Food & Drug Law Journal 661 (2003).
    Full text: WWW
  • Cohen, I. Glenn. "Note, The Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing: Reframing the Commodification Debate," 117 Harv. L. Rev. 689 (2003).
    Full text: WWW
  • Cohen, I. Glenn & Jonathan Blavin. "Note, Gore, Gibson, and Goldsmith: The Evolution of Internet Metaphors in Law and Commentary," 16 Harvard Journal of Law and Technology 265 (2002).
    Full text: WWW

Bibliography

View bibliography

Education

  • University of Toronto B.A. (Honors) 2000, Bioethics (Philosophy) & Psychology
  • Harvard Law School J.D. 2003

Practice Information

Honors Program attorney in the Appellate Staff of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, 2004-2006. Clerk, Chief Judge Michael Boudin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Subject Areas for Accepting Press Inquiries

  • Bioethics
  • Food and Drug Law
  • Health law

Additional Information

Peer reviewer for the journal Bioethics, and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.

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