Gary Marchant is a Regents Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law, Science and Innovation. His research interests include legal aspects of genomics and personalized medicine, the use of genetic information in environmental regulation, risk and the precautionary principle, and governance of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, neuroscience, biotechnology and artificial intelligence.
He teaches courses in Law, Science and Technology, Genetics and the Law, Biotechnology: Science, Law and Policy, Health Technologies and Innovation, Privacy, Big Data and Emerging Technologies, and Artificial Intelligence: Law and Ethics. He was named a Regents' Professor in 2011 and also is a professor in ASU’s School of Life Sciences, a Distinguished Sustainability Scientist in ASU’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, and is a Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies Law and Ethics with the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU.
Prior to joining ASU in 1999, Professor Marchant was a partner at the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis, where his practice focused on environmental and administrative law. During law school, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology and editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and was awarded the Fay Diploma (awarded to top graduating student at Harvard Law School).
Professor Marchant frequently lectures about the intersection of law and science at national and international conferences. He has authored more than 150 articles and book chapters on various issues relating to emerging technologies. Among other activities, he has served on five National Academy of Sciences committees, has been the principal investigator on several major grants, and has organized numerous academic conferences on law and science issues.
Gary E. Marchant , Kenneth W. Abbott , Braden Allenby, Innovative Governance Models for Emerging Technologies (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013).
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The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-ethical Oversight: The Pacing Problem (Gary Marchant, Braden Allenby, & Joseph Herkert, eds., Springer 2011).
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‘Soft Law' Mechanisms for Nanotechnology: Liability and Insurance Drivers, 17 J. Risk Research 709 (2014).
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Complexity and Anticipatory Socio-Behavioral Assessment of Government Attempts to Induce Clean Technologies, 61 UCLA L. Rev. 1858 (2013-2014).
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Gregory N. Mandel & Gary E. Marchant, The Living Regulatory Challenges of Synthetic Biology, 100 Iowa L. Rev. 155 (2014).
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Kenneth W. Abbott & Gary E. Marchant, International Harmonization of Nanotechnology Governance Through "Soft Law" Approaches, 9 Nanotechnology L. & Bus. 393 (2013).
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Rachel A. Lindor & Gary E. Marchant, Personalized Medicine and Genetic Malpractice, 15 Genetics in Med. 921 (2013).
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The Case Against Mandatory Labeling of GM Food, 28 Natural Res. & Env't 11 (2013).
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 617 | Genetics and the Law |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
BIO 791 | Seminar |
Fall 2020 | |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 703 | Law, Science, and Technology |
LAW 714 | Biotechnology |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 617 | Genetics and the Law |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
BIO 791 | Seminar |
Fall 2019 | |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
LAW 703 | Law, Science, and Technology |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
Summer 2019 | |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
Spring 2019 | |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
LAW 599 | Thesis |
LAW 617 | Genetics and the Law |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
BIO 791 | Seminar |
Fall 2018 | |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
LAW 703 | Law, Science, and Technology |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
Summer 2018 | |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 599 | Thesis |
LAW 617 | Genetics and the Law |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
BIO 791 | Seminar |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 703 | Law, Science, and Technology |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
Summer 2017 | |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
Spring 2017 | |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 599 | Thesis |
LAW 617 | Genetics and the Law |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
BIO 791 | Seminar |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
BIO 691 | Seminar |
LAW 703 | Law, Science, and Technology |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
Summer 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |