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Charles O. Gregory Professor of Law Glynn Family Bicentennial Professor of Law University of Virginia

Will Higher Marijuana Taxes Reduce Use — or Revive the Black Market?

The New York Times Editorial Board has revisited its early enthusiasm for marijuana legalization and now calls for stronger regulation — including significantly higher taxes. Some of the proposals are…
Posted by Kim Krawiec February 24, 2026No Comments

Unionizing At The Brothel: Repugnant Work And The Politics of Classification

The unionization effort at Sheri’s Ranch underscores a structural feature of taboo but legal industries: fragility. Organizers quoted in press reports describe reluctance to “rock the boat,” given fears that…
Posted by Kim Krawiec February 16, 2026No Comments

Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 2/9/26)

This week’s Taboo & Repugnant Roundup opens with a close reading of a recent Wall Street Journal essay on vice and prohibition. The discussion focuses on how the piece frames…
Posted by Kim Krawiec February 11, 2026No Comments

Taboo Trades Podcast: Taboo Patents

My guests today are Andrew Gilden, Southwestern Law School, and Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec, William & Mary Law School. They join me today to discuss their recent paper, Patenting the…
Posted by Kim Krawiec February 10, 2026No Comments

Taboo And Repugnant Roundup (Week of 2/2/26)

This week’s Taboo & Repugnant Roundup engages three distinct items that surface recurring anxieties about morally charged exchanges. The post opens with a critical response to a recent guest essay…
Posted by Kim Krawiec February 2, 2026No Comments

Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation Now Available!

A new edited volume, Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation: Controversy and Contention (James Stacey Taylor & Mark Cherry, eds.), is now available in hardcover and ebook. The book revisits…
Posted by Kim Krawiec January 26, 2026No Comments

Donation, Compensation, and the Moral Grammar of Biological Materials

Debates over paid plasma donation tend to cycle through familiar frames: altruistic gift, moral corruption, or exploitation of the vulnerable. This post steps back and asks a different question: what…
Posted by Kim Krawiec January 21, 2026No Comments

Washington & Lee Call For Submissions

W&L’S BLUE MOUNTAIN WRITING RETREAT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Washington and Lee University School of Law (“W&L Law”) invites up to ten tenure-track or tenured legal scholars to join its faculty…
Posted by Kim Krawiec January 15, 2026No Comments

Taboo and Repugnant Roundup (Week of 1/12/26)

This week’s roundup spans symbolic honors, moral limits of markets, and biomedical supply chains. It opens with the Nobel Committee’s statement reaffirming the inalienability of the Nobel Prize after Trump-related…
Posted by Kim Krawiec January 12, 2026No Comments

Taboo and Repugnant Roundup: Week of 1/5/26

The latest Taboo & Repugnant Roundup includes three items that span organ transplantation, end-of-life law, and the classroom. First is further discussion of the New York Times profile of the…
Posted by Kim Krawiec January 6, 2026No Comments

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