A selection of articles are available through the links below:

  • Lawrence O. Gostin, AIDS in Africa Among Women and Infants: A Human Rights Framework, 32 Hastings Center Report 9-10 (September-October 2002).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Law and Ethics in a Public Health Emergency, 32 Hastings Center Report 9-11 (March-April 2002).
  • Matthew K. Wynia & Lawrence Gostin, The Bioterrorist Threat and Access to Health Care, 296Science 1613 (May 31, 2002).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, James G. Hodge Jr., Lauren Marks, The Nationalization of Health Information Privacy Protections, 37 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 1113-38 (2002).
  • Ronald Bayer, Lawrence O. Gostin, Gail H. Javitt, Allan A. Brandt, Tobacco Advertising in the United States: A Proposal for a Constitutionally Acceptable Form of Regulation, 287 JAMA 2990-2995 (2002).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law: A Renaissance, 30 Journal of Law, Med & Ethics 136 -            143 (2002).
  • James F. Childress, Ruth R. Faden, Ruth D. Gaare, Lawrence O. Gostin, Jeffrey Kahn, Richard J.       Bonnie, Nancy E. Kass, Anna C. Mastroianni, Jonathan D. Moreno, Phillip Nieburg, Public Health    Ethics: Mapping the Terrain, 30 Journal of Law, Med & Ethics 170-178 (2002).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, James G. Hodge, Jr., Mira S. Burghardt, Balancing Communal Goods and       Personal Privacy Under a National Health Information Privacy Rule, 46 St. Louis University               Law Journal 5-35 (2002).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & Gail H. Javitt, Health Promotion and the First Amendment: Government      Control of the Informational Environment, 79 Milbank Quarterly 547-578 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law Reform, 91 American J. Public Health 1365-1368          (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health, Ethics, and Human Rights: A Tribute to the Late Jonathan     Mann, 29 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 121-130 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, A Vision of Health and Human Rights for the 21st Century: A Continuing      Discussion with Stephen P. Marks, 29 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 139-140 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, James G. Hodge Jr., Ronald O. Valdiserri, Informational Privacy and the         Public=s Health, 91 American J. Public Health 1388-1392 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, National Health Information Privacy: Regulations Under the Health Insurance        Portability and Accountability Act, 285 JAMA 3015-3021 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Rights of Pregnant Women: The Supreme Court and Drug Testing, 31    Hastings Center Report 8-9 (Sept./Oct. 2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Beyond Moral Claims: A Human Rights Approach in Mental Health, 10        Cambridge Quart. of Health care Ethics 264-274 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Right to Health: A Right to the “Highest Attainable Standard of Health,”           31 Hastings Center Report 29-30 (March/April 2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Theory and Practice in the Constitutional Design, 11 Health             Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 265-326 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Health Information: Reconciling Personal Privacy with the Public Good of              Human Health, 9 Health Care Analysis 321-335 (2001).
  • Joseph Barbera, Anthony Macintyre, Larry Gostin, Tom Inglesby, Tara O=Toole, Craig DeAtley,          Kevin Tonat, Marci Layton, Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United             States: Scientific Examination, Logistic and Legal Limits, and Possible Consequences, 286 JAMA       2711-2717 (2001).
  • Laura M. Beskow, Wylie Burke, Jon F. Merz, Patricia A. Barr, Sharon Terry, Victor B.          Penchaszadeh, Lawrence O. Gostin, Mart Gwinn, Muin J. Khoury, Informed Consent for         Population-Based Research Involving Genetics, 286 JAMA 2315-2312 (2001).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, A Proposed National Policy on Health Care Workers Living with                  HIV/AIDS and Other Blood-Borne Pathogens, 284 JAMA 1965-1970 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law in a New Century: Part I: Law as a Tool to Advance the          Community=s Health, 283 JAMA 2837-2841 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law in a New Century: Part II: Public Health Powers and      Duties, 283 JAMA 2979-2984 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law in a New Century: Part III: Public Health Regulation: A              Systematic Evaluation, 283 JAMA 3118-3122 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Human Rights of Persons With Mental Disabilities: The European Convention of Human Rights, 23 Int=l. J. Law & Psychiatry 125-159 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Zita Lazzarini, Verla S. Neslund, Michael T. Osterholm, Water Quality Laws      and Waterborne Diseases: Cryptosporidium and Other Emerging Pathogens, 90(6) Am. J. Pub. Health 847-853 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, A Public Health Approach to Reducing Error: Medical Malpractice as a Barrier (Editorial), 283(13) J.A.M.A. 1742-43 (2000).
  • David W. Webber & Lawrence O. Gostin, Discrimination Based on HIV/AIDS and Other Health Conditions: ADisability as Defined Under Federal and State Law, 3 J. Health Care  Law & Policy 266-329 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Managed Care, Conflicts of Interest, and Quality, 30(5) Hastings Center Report 27-28 (Sept-Oct 2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Supreme Court, Health Policy, and New Federalism, 30(2) Hastings      Center Report 26-27 (2000).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & James G. Hodge, Jr., Genetics Privacy and the Law: An End to Genetics     Exceptionalism, 40 Jurimetrics J. 21-58 (1999).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Scott Burris, Zita Lazzarini, The Law and the Public's Health: A Study of         Infectious Disease Law in the United States, 99 Columbia L. Rev. 59-128 (1999).
  • Rene Bowser & Lawrence O. Gostin, Managed Care and the Health of a Nation, 72 S. Cal.  L. Rev.         1209-1295 (1999).
  • James G. Hodge, Jr., Lawrence O. Gostin, Peter D. Jacobson, Legal Issues Concerning Electronic               Health Information: Privacy, Quality, and Liability, 282 J.A.M.A. 1466-1472    (1999).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Chai Feldblum, David W. Webber, Disability Discrimination in America:          HIV/AIDS and Other Health Conditions, 281 J.A.M.A. 745-752 (1999).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & Jack Hadley, Editorial: Health Services ResearchPublic Benefits,Personal          Privacy, and Proprietary Interests, 129 Annals of Internal Med. 833-835 (1998).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Health Legislation and Communicable Diseases: The Role of Law in an Era of         Microbial Threats, 49 (1) Int=l Digest of Health Legislation 221-233 (1998) (50th Anniversary              Issue of the World Health Organization: AHealth Legislation at the Dawn of the XXIst Century@).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & James G. Hodge, Jr., Piercing the Veil of Secrecy in HIV/AIDS and Other               Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Theories of Privacy and Disclosure in Partner Notification, 5 Duke      J.  of Gender Law & Pol=y 9-88 (1998).

  • Lawrence O. Gostin & James G. Hodge, Jr., The “Names Debate”: The Case for National HIV       Reporting in the United States, 61 Albany L. Rev.  679-743 (1998).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & David W. Webber, HIV Infection and AIDS in the Public Health and Health           Care Systems: The Role of Law and Litigation, 279  JAMA 1108-1113 (1998).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & David W. Webber, The AIDS Litigation Project: HIV/AIDS in the Courts in             the 1990s, Part 1, 12 AIDS & Pub.  Pol=y J. 105-121 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & David W. Webber, The AIDS Litigation Project: HIV/AIDS in the Courts in             the 1990s, Part 2, 13 AIDS & Pub.  Pol=y J. 3-19 (1998).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Legal Environment Impeding Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles:  The         Conflict Between Law Enforcement and Public Health, 18 (Suppl. 1) J. of Acquired Immune    Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology S60-S70 (1998).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, John W. Ward, A. Cornelius Baker, National HIV Case Reporting for the        United States: A Defining Moment in the History of the Epidemic, 337 New Engl. J. Med 1162-              1167 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Constitutional Right to Die: Ethical Considerations, 12 St. John=s  J.      Legal Commentary 599 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Deciding Life and Death in the Courtroom: From Quinlan to Cruzan,           Glucksberg, and Vacco B A Brief History and Analysis of Constitutional Protection of the >Right to       Die=, 278(18) J.A.M.A. 1523-1528 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Health Information and the Protection of Privacy: Ethical and Legal            Considerations, 127 Annals of Internal Medicine 683-690 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Personal Privacy in the Health Care System: Employer-Sponsored                Insurance, Managed Care, and Integrated Delivery Systems, 7 Kennedy Institute of ethics      Journal 361-376 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Peter S. Arno, Allan M. Brandt, FDA Regulation of Tobacco Advertising and             Youth Smoking: Historical, Social, and Constitutional Perspectives, 277(5) J.A.M.A. 410-418            (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Zita Lazzarini, T. Stephen Jones, Kathleen Flaherty, Prevention of HIV/AIDS     and Other Blood-borne Diseases Among Injecting Drug Users: A National Survey on the Regulation     of Syringes and Needles, 277 J.A.M.A. 53-62 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & Zita Lazzarini, Prevention of HIV/AIDS Among Injection Drug Users: The              Theory and Science of Public Health and Criminal Justice Approaches to Disease Prevention, 46              Emory L. J. 587-696 (1997).

  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Epidemics of Injecting Drug Use and Blood-Borne Disease: A Public    Health Perspective, 31 Valparaiso Univ. L. Rev. 669-700 (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Dedicatory Essay: Honoring Ian McColl Kennedy, 14 J. Contemp. Health             Law & Policy v-xii (1997).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law: A Review, 2 Current issues in Public Health 205-214              (1996).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Zita Lazzarini, Verla S. Neslund, Michael T. Osterholm, The Public Health        Information Infrastructure: A National Review of the Law on Health Information Privacy, 275        J.A.M.A. 1921-1927 (1996).
  • Peter S. Arno, Allan M. Brandt, Lawrence O. Gostin, Jane Morgan. Tobacco Industry Strategies to              Oppose Federal Regulation, 275(16) J.A.M.A. 1258-1262 (1996).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Who Should We Treat? (Book Review), The Lancet, forthcoming.
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Health Information Privacy, 80 Cornell L. Rev. 101-184 (1995).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, The Resurgent Tuberculosis Epidemic in the Era of AIDS: Reflections on      Public Health, Law, and Society, 54 Md. L. Rev. 1-131 (1995) (Based on the Stuart Rome lecture        presented at the University of Maryland School of Law on April 21, 1993).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Tuberculosis and the Power of the State: Toward the Development of Rational         Standards for the Review of Compulsory Public Health Powers, 2 U. Chi. Roundtable   219-277             (1995).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Joan Turek-Brezina, Madison Powers & Rene Kozloff, Privacy and Security of            Health Information in the Emerging Health Care System, 5 Health Matrix: J.  of Law- Medicine     1-36 (1995).
  • Ronald Bayer, Lawrence O. Gostin, & Devon C. McGraw, Trades, AIDS, and the Public's Health:              the Limits of Economic Analysis. Review of Private Choices and Public Health: The AIDS Epidemic            in an Economic Perspective, by Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner, 83 Geo. L. J. 79-107    (1995).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Informed Consent, Cultural Sensitivity, and Respect for Persons (Editorial),             274          J.A.M.A. 844-45 (1995).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin & Zita Lazzarini, Childhood Immunization Registries: A National Review of    Public Health Information Systems and the Protection of Privacy, 274 J.A.M.A. 1793-1799 (1995).
  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Genetic Privacy, 23 J. Law, Med. & Ethics 320-330 (1995).

  • Lawrence O. Gostin, Jonathan Mann, Towards the Development of a Human Rights Impact             Assessment for the Formulation and Evaluation of Health Policies, 1 J. Health and Human        Rights 58 -81 (1994).
  • Jonathan Mann, Lawrence O. Gostin, Sofia Gruskin, Troyen Brennan, Zita Lazzarini, & Harvey V.      Fineberg, Health and Human Rights, 1 J. Health and Human Rights 6-22 (1994).