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Sean Columb

Dr Sean Columb
BA, LLM, PhD

Contact

Sean.Columb@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 794 3001

Publications

Selected publications

  1. Trading Life: Organ Trafficking, Illicit Networks and Exploitation (Book - 2020)
  2. Beneath the organ trade: a critical analysis of the organ trafficking discourse (Journal article - 2014)
  3. Excavating the Organ Trade: An Empirical Study of Organ Trading Networks in Cairo, Egypt (Journal article - 2017)
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2024

2023

2022

Should it be legal to pay organ donors?

Columb, S. (n.d.). Should it be legal to pay organ donors?. CQ Researcher.

Journal article

2020

Trading Life: Organ Trafficking, Illicit Networks and Exploitation

Columb, S. (2020). Trading Life: Organ Trafficking, Illicit Networks and Exploitation. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Retrieved from https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30383

Book

DISQUALIFIED BODIES

Columb, S. (2020). DISQUALIFIED BODIES. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 62-85). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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EXCAVATING THE ORGAN TRADE

Columb, S. (2020). EXCAVATING THE ORGAN TRADE. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 1-+). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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EXODUS

Columb, S. (2020). EXODUS. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 86-109). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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ORGAN TRADING NETWORKS

Columb, S. (2020). ORGAN TRADING NETWORKS. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 37-61). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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ORGAN(IZED) CRIME

Columb, S. (2020). ORGAN(IZED) CRIME. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 110-132). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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REGULATING THE ORGAN TRADE

Columb, S. (2020). REGULATING THE ORGAN TRADE. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 133-155). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN ORGANS

Columb, S. (2020). THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN ORGANS. In TRADING LIFE (pp. 17-36). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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2019

Organ trafficking in Egypt: ‘They locked me in and took my kidney’

Columb, S. (2019). Organ trafficking in Egypt: ‘They locked me in and took my kidney’. [The Guardian]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/

Media

2018

Organ Trafficking: Transplant Tourism and Trafficking in Persons for the Removal of Organs

Columb, S. (2018). Organ Trafficking: Transplant Tourism and Trafficking in Persons for the Removal of Organs.

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2017

Re-conceptualizing the organ trade: separating "trafficking" from "trade" and the implications for law and policy

Columb, S., Ambagtsheer, F., Bos, M., Ivanovski, N., Moorlock, G., Weimar, W., & Tourism, E. L. P. A. T. W. G. O. (2017). Re-conceptualizing the organ trade: separating "trafficking" from "trade" and the implications for law and policy. TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL, 30(2), 209-213. doi:10.1111/tri.12899

DOI
10.1111/tri.12899
Journal article

2015

Trafficking in Persons for the Removal of Organs: A Human-Rights Approach

Budiani-Saberi, D., & Columb, S. (2015). Trafficking in Persons for the Removal of Organs: A Human-Rights Approach. In New Cannibal Markets (pp. 341-355). Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme. doi:10.4000/books.editionsmsh.10797

DOI
10.4000/books.editionsmsh.10797
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2014

Beneath the organ trade: a critical analysis of the organ trafficking discourse

Columb, S. (2015). Beneath the organ trade: a critical analysis of the organ trafficking discourse. Crime, Law and Social Change, 63(1-2), 21-47. doi:10.1007/s10611-014-9548-0

DOI
10.1007/s10611-014-9548-0
Journal article

2013

The anatomy of justice: Ethics, law and consent in organ donation

Columb, S. (2013). The anatomy of justice: Ethics, law and consent in organ donation. In Organ Donation and Organ Donors: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives (pp. 197-223).

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A human rights approach to Human Trafficking for Organ Removal

Budiani-Saberi, D., & Columb, S. (2013). A human rights approach to Human Trafficking for Organ Removal. MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHY, 16(4), 897-914. doi:10.1007/s11019-013-9488-y

DOI
10.1007/s11019-013-9488-y
Journal article

'The Global Trade in Organs'

Columb, S. (2013). 'The Global Trade in Organs'. Cork Online Law Review. Retrieved from http://corkonlinelawreview.com/index.php/2013/09/30/1095/

Journal article

The Anatomy of Justice: Law, Ethics and Organ Donation

Columb, S. (2013). The Anatomy of Justice: Law, Ethics and Organ Donation. In R. F. Saidi (Ed.), Organ Donation and Organ Donors: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives (pp. 197-223). New York: Nova Publishers.

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