Bradford R. Clark

Publications

• The Federalism Canons as Ordinary Interpretation
  120 NW. U. L. REV. 991 (2026) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2026
• Constitutional Federalism and the Nature of the Union
  66 WM. & MARY L. REV. 281 (2024) · William & Mary Law Review · 2024
• State Sovereign Immunity and the New Purposivism
  65 WM. & MARY L. REV. 485 (2024) · William & Mary Law Review · 2024
• The Constitutional Law of Interpretation
  98 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 519 (2022) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2022

• Why Federal Courts Apply the Law of Nations Even Though it is Not the Supreme Law of the Land
  106 GEO. L.J. (2018) · Georgetown Law Journal · 2018
• Boyle as Constitutional Preemption
  92 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 2129 (2017) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2017
• Honoring Dan Meltzer
  91 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1739 (2016) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2016
• Two Myths About the Alien Tort Statute
  89 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1609 (2014) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2014
• Tel-Oren, Filartiga, and the Meaning of the Alien Tort Statute
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. ONLINE (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review Online · 2013
• General Law in Federal Court
  54 WM. & MARY L. REV. 655 (2013) · William & Mary Law Review · 2013
• The Alien Tort Statute and the Law of Nations
  78 U. CHI. L. REV. (2011) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2011
• The Political Branches and the Law of Nations
  85 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1795 (2010) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2010

• Constitutional Compromise and the Supremacy Clause
  83 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1421 (2008) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2008
• The Procedural Safeguards of Federalism
  83 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1681 (2008) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2008
• Federal Lawmaking and the Role of Structure in Constitutional Interpretation
  96 CAL. L. REV. 699 (2008) · California Law Review · 2008
• Erie's Constitutional Source
  95 CAL. L. REV. 1289 (2007) · California Law Review · 2007
• Constitutional Structure, Judicial Discretion, and the Eighth Amendment
  81 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1149 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• The Constitutional Structure and the Jurisprudence of Justice Scalia
  47 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2003) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2003

• Ascertaining the Laws of the Several States: Positivism and Judicial Federalism after Erie
  145 U. PENN. L. REV. 1459 (1997) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1997
• Federal Common Law: A Structural Reinterpretation
  144 U. PENN. L. REV. 1245 (1996) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1996