Children's Law & Welfare

J. Mark Ramseyer, The Sins of Their Fathers: Illegitimacy in Japan and Surrogate Punishment across Generations, in The Timing of Lawmaking 322 (Frank Fagan &…

J. Mark Ramseyer, The Market for Children: Evidence from Early Modern Japan, 11 J.L. Econ. & Org. 127 (1995).

J. Mark Ramseyer, The Sins of Their Fathers: Illegitimacy in Japan and Surrogate Punishment across Generations (Harvard Law School John M. Olin Ctr. for Law,…

J. Mark. Ramseyer, Odd Markets in Japanese History: Law and Economic Growth (Cambridge Univ. Press 1996).

Marcella Alsan & Crystal Yang, Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities (NBER Working Paper No. w24731, June 2018).

Steven Shavell, On the Law of the Household: The Principles Used by Parents in Disciplining Their Children, 55 The Journal of Legal Studies 29 (2026).

Cass R. Sunstein, Valuing Children’s Statistical Lives: A Conceptual Framework (Harvard Public Law Working Paper, forthcoming 2026).

Ayelet Gur & Michael Ashley Stein, Social Worker Attitudes Toward Parents with Intellectual Disabilities in Israel, 42 Disability & Rehabilitation 1803 (2020).

Katherine L. Kraschel, Alexander Chen, Jack L. Turban & I. Glenn Cohen, Legislation restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth: Politics eclipse healthcare, 3 Cell Reps.

Jeannie Suk Gersen, Was a Right to Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Possible?, The New Yorker (June 20, 2025).

Eli Y. Adashi & I. Glenn Cohen, The Family Caregiver Act—Safeguarding the Human Care Chain, 179 JAMA Pediatrics 1144 (2025).

I. Glenn Cohen, Prohibiting Anonymous Sperm Donation and the Child Welfare Error, 41 Hastings Ctr. Rep. 13 (2011).

Robert H. Mnookin, Foster Care: In Who’s Best Interest?, 43 Harv. Educ. Rev. 599 (1973).

Douglas J. Opel, Brent M. Kious & I. Glenn Cohen, AI as a Mental Health Therapist for Adolescents, 177 JAMA Pediatrics 1253 (2023).

Charles Donahue, Jr., Book Review, 28 Law & Hist. Rev. 260 (2010)(reviewing Anne Lefebvre-Teillard, Autour de l’enfant: Du droit canonique et romain médiéval au Code…

Charles Donahue, Jr., Comparative Family Law: Law and Social Change?, 77 Mich. L. Rev. 350 (1979)(reviewing Mary Ann Glendon, State, Law, and Family: Family Law…

Melissa E. Mendoza, Timothy F. Brewer, Matthew S. Smith et al., Lessons from United States school district policies and approaches to special education during the…

Elinoam Abramov & Michael Ashley Stein, Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities, 39 L. & Hist. Rev. 617 (2021).