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The Law and Markets Project is led by Duke Law Professors Joseph Blocher and Kim Krawiec.

Prof. Joseph BlocherJoseph Blocher
Professor of Law

Joseph Blocher’s principal academic interests include federal and state constitutional law, the First and Second Amendments, capital punishment, and property. His articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, California Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, New York University Law Review, Duke Law Journal (3), and others. 

Prof. Kimberly KrawiecKimberly D. Krawiec
Kathrine Robinson Everett Professor of Law

Kim Krawiec is the Kathrine Robinson Everett Professor of Law and a Senior Fellow and Faculty Council member at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Much of her current research analyzes “taboo trades” — exchanges that are contested by society and, in some cases, forbidden altogether.  She has written on commercial surrogacy, egg and sperm markets, sex work, and, most recently, incentives for organ donation. You can view her work on Taboo Trades here.