Bernadette Meyler

Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professor, by courtesy, of English and of Comparative Literature

Stanford Law School

Academic Appointments

Professor, Stanford Law School
Professor (By courtesy), English
Professor (By courtesy), Comparative Literature

Program Affiliations

Modern Thought and Literature

2020-21 Courses

Independent Studies (5)
- Directed Research
  LAW 400 (Aut, Win)
- Graduate Independent Study
  MTL 398 (Win)
- Qualifying Paper
  MTL 390 (Aut)
- Reading for Orals
  MTL 399 (Aut, Win)
- Research Course
  ENGLISH 398 (Aut, Win, Spr)
Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Constitutional Law
  LAW 203 (Win)
- Constitutional Theory
  ENGLISH 350D (Aut)
- Constitutional Theory
  LAW 7014 (Aut)
- Discussion (1L): Theories and Critiques of Legal Education
  LAW 240N (Aut)
- Legal Studies Workshop
  LAW 5801 (Aut, Win)
- Topics in Constitutional Law
  LAW 7098 (Spr)
2018-19 Courses
- Constitutional Law
  LAW 203 (Win)
- Law and Humanities Workshop: History, Literature, and Philosophy
  HISTORY 308F (Win)
- Law and Humanities Workshop: History, Literature, and Philosophy
  LAW 3515 (Win)
- Legal Studies Workshop
  LAW 5801 (Aut, Win, Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment
  LAW 7010 (Spr)
- Law and Humanities Workshop: History, Literature, and Philosophy
  HISTORY 308F (Win)
- Law and Humanities Workshop: History, Literature, and Philosophy
  LAW 3515 (Win)
- Law and Literature
  ENGLISH 350 (Spr)
- Law and Literature
  LAW 3517 (Spr)
- Legal Studies Workshop
  LAW 5801 (Win, Spr)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Dharshani Jayasinghe, Mark Krass, Michael Menna, Callie Ward
Doctoral (Program)
Jamie Fine

All Publications

Common Law Confrontations LAW AND HISTORY REVIEW Meyler, B. 2019; 37 (3): 763–86

View details for DOI 10.1017/S0738248019000385

View details for Web of Science ID 000480247500005
ORIGINALISM AND A FORGOTTEN CONFLICT OVER MARTIAL LAW NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Meyler, B. 2019; 113 (6): 1335–70

View details for Web of Science ID 000465217600005
BETWEEN THE STATES AND THE SIGNERS: THE POLITICS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW Meyler, B. 2016; 89 (3): 541-573

View details for Web of Science ID 000377052700008
ACCEPTING CONTESTED MEANINGS FORDHAM LAW REVIEW Meyler, B. 2013; 82 (2): 803-826

View details for Web of Science ID 000345600200015
Towards a common law originalism STANFORD LAW REVIEW Meyler, B. 2006; 59 (3): 551-600

View details for Web of Science ID 000243773600001