Bernadette Meyler
Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law and Professor, by courtesy, of English and of Comparative Literature
Stanford Law School
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Stanford Law School
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Professor (By courtesy), English
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Professor (By courtesy), Comparative Literature
Program Affiliations
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Modern Thought and Literature
2025-26 Courses
- Discussion (1L): Executive Power: Theories, Origins, Critiques
LAW 242J (Aut) - Legal Studies Workshop
LAW 5801 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Public Law Workshop
LAW 7123 (Aut) - Universities and the Constitution
LAW 7143 (Win) -
Independent Studies (8)
- Directed Professional Writing
LAW 411 (Win) - Directed Research
LAW 400 (Win, Spr) - Graduate Independent Study
MTL 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Work
ENGLISH 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Qualifying Paper
MTL 390 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Reading for Orals
MTL 399 (Win, Spr) - Research Course
ENGLISH 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Revision and Development of a Paper
ENGLISH 398R (Aut, Sum)
- Directed Professional Writing
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Prior Year Courses
2024-25 Courses
- Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment
LAW 7010B (Win) - Law and Literature: Liberalism and Beyond
COMPLIT 350L, ENGLISH 350 (Aut) - Law and Literature: Liberalism and Beyond
LAW 3517 (Aut) - Legal Studies Workshop
LAW 5801 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Public Law Workshop
LAW 7123 (Aut)
2023-24 Courses
- Constitutional Law
LAW 203 (Win) - Discussion (1L): Legal Education in History: Conflicts Over Law and Its Teaching
LAW 241V (Aut) - Legal Studies Workshop
LAW 5801 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Modern American Legal Thought
LAW 5802 (Win) - Public Law Workshop
LAW 7123 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Constitutional Law
LAW 203 (Win) - Constitutional Theory
LAW 7014 (Aut) - Legal Studies Workshop
LAW 5801 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Julian Davis -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Namrata Verghese -
Doctoral (Program)
Bella Ryb
All Publications
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Common Law Confrontations
LAW AND HISTORY REVIEW
2019; 37 (3): 763–86
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0738248019000385
View details for Web of Science ID 000480247500005
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ORIGINALISM AND A FORGOTTEN CONFLICT OVER MARTIAL LAW
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW
2019; 113 (6): 1335–70
View details for Web of Science ID 000465217600005
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BETWEEN THE STATES AND THE SIGNERS: THE POLITICS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW
2016; 89 (3): 541-573
View details for Web of Science ID 000377052700008
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ACCEPTING CONTESTED MEANINGS
FORDHAM LAW REVIEW
2013; 82 (2): 803-826
View details for Web of Science ID 000345600200015
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Towards a common law originalism
STANFORD LAW REVIEW
2006; 59 (3): 551-600
View details for Web of Science ID 000243773600001