Dorothy E. Roberts

Publications

• The Intersecting Politics of Abortion, Pregnancy, & Family Policing
  40 BERKELEY J. GENDER L. & JUST. 157 (2025) · Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice · 2025

• Democratizing Criminal Law as an Abolitionist Project
  111 NW. U. L. REV. 1597 (2017) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2017
• Loving v. Virginia as a Civil Rights Decision
  59 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. (2015) · NYLS Law Review · 2015
• The Social Context of Oncofertility
  61 DEPAUL L. REV. 777 (2014) · DePaul Law Review · 2014
• What's Wrong with Race-Based Medicine?: Genes, Drugs, and Health Disparities
  12 MINN. J. L. SCI. & TECH. 1 (2011) · Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology · 2011

• Medical Hope, Legal Pitfalls: Potential Legal Issues in the Emerging Field of Oncofertility
  49 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 673 (2009) · Santa Clara Law Review · 2009
• Torture and the Biopolitics of Race
  62 U. MIAMI L. REV. 229 (2008) · University of Miami Law Review · 2008
• Child Welfare's Paradox
  49 WM. & MARY L. REV. 881 (2007) · William & Mary Law Review · 2007
• Black Club Women and Child Welfare: Lessons for Modern Reform
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• The Community Dimension of State Child Protection
  34 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2005) · Hofstra Law Review · 2005
• Under-Intervention Versus Over-Intervention
  3 CARDOZO PUB. L. POL 'Y & ETHICS J. 371 (2005) · Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal · 2005
• Welfare Reform and Economic Freedom: Low-Income Mothers' Decisions about Work at Home and in the Market
  44 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 1029 (2004) · Santa Clara Law Review · 2004
• Welfare Reform and Families in the Child Welfare System
  61 MD. L. REV. 386 (2002) · Maryland Law Review · 2002
• The Moral Exclusivity of the New Civil Society
  75 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 555 (2000) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2000
• The Paradox of Silence: Some Questions About Silence as Resistance
  33 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 343 (2000) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2000

• BlackCrit Theory and the Problem of Essentialism
  53 U. MIAMI L. REV. 855 (1999) · University of Miami Law Review · 1999
• Race, Vagueness, and the Social Meaning of Order-Maintenance Policing
  89 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 775 (1999) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1999
• Poverty, Race, and New Directions in Child Welfare Policy
  1 WASH. U. J. L. & POL'Y 63 (1999) · Washington University Journal of Law & Policy · 1999
• The Challenge of Substance Abuse for Family Preservation Policy
  3 J. HEALTH CARE L. & POL'Y 72 (1999) · Journal of Health Care Law and Policy · 1999
• Sources of Commitment to Social Justice
  4 ROGER WILLLIAMS U. L. REV. (1998) · Roger Williams University Law Review · 1998
• SPIRITUAL AND MENIAL HOUSEWORK
  9 YALE J. L. & FEMINISM 51 (1998) · Yale Journal of Law & Feminism · 1998
• The Meaning of Blacks' Fidelity to the Constitution
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 1761 (1997) · Fordham Law Review · 1997
• The Nature of Black's Skepticism About Genetic Testing
  27 SETON HALL L. REV. (1997) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1997
• Unshackling Black Motherhood
  95 MICH. L. REV. 938 (1997) · Michigan Law Review · 1997
• Biology, Justice, and Women's Fate
  3 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (1996) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 1996
• Race and the New Reproduction
  47 UC L.J. 935 (1996) · UC Law Journal · 1996
• A Feminist Social Justice Approach to Reproduction-Assisting Technologies: A Case Study on the Limits of Liberal Theory
  84 KY. L.J. (1996) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1996
• Welfare and the Problem of Black Citizenship
  105 YALE L.J. 1563 (1996) · Yale Law Journal · 1996
• The Only Good Poor Woman: Unconstitutional Conditions and Welfare
  72 DENV. L. REV. 931 (1995) · Denver Law Review · 1995
• The Genetic Tie
  62 U. CHI. L. REV. (1995) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1995
• Irrationality and Sacrifice in the Welfare Reform Consensus
  81 VA. L. REV. 2607 (1995) · Virginia Law Review · 1995
• The Meaning of Gender Equality in Criminal Law
  85 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY (1994) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1994
• Deviance, Resistance, and Love
  1994 UTAH L. REV. (1994) · Utah Law Review · 1994
• Rape, Violence, and Women's Autonomy
  69 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 359 (1993) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1993