Research Interests
Biomedical Ethics; Children and the Law; Family Law; Health Law; Insurance Law; Religious Liberty
Education
B.A., J.D. University of Virginia
Additional Campus Affiliations
Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair, College of Law
Professor, College of Law
Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Recent Publications
Laycock, D., Berg, T. C., Esbeck, C. H., & Wilson, R. F. (2024). The Respect for Marriage Act: Living Together Despite Our Deepest Differences. University of Illinois Law Review, 2024(2), 511-556. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4394618
Laycock, D., Berg, T. C., Esbeck, C. H., & Wilson, R. F. (2024). THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT: LIVING TOGETHER DESPITE OUR DEEPEST DIFFERENCES. University of Illinois Law Review, 2024(2), 511-556.
Neagu, M., & Wilson, R. F. (2024). To Ratify or Not to Ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Gains and Losses. In R. Domingo, G. S. Hauk, & T. P. Jackson (Eds.), Faith in Law, Law in Faith: Reflecting and Building on the Work of John Witte, Jr. (pp. 562-583). Brill Nijhoff. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004546189_030
Wilson, R. F., Adams, J. S., Birkeland, K., Morris, B., & Yeates, K. (2024). Religion and human rights: From culture war clashes to common ground on one of the most challenging issues - transgender athletes. In The Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America (pp. 378-400). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003340409-29
Wilson, R. F. (2023). The Legal Meaning of Sex (and Romantic Relationships). In B. G. Ogolsky (Ed.), The Sociocultural Context of Romantic Relationships (pp. 151-167). Cambridge University Press.