James E. Pfander

Publications

• Dick Fallon: A Northwestern Tribute
  120 NW. U. L. REV. 687 (2025) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2025
• Nonparty Protective Relief in the Early Republic: Judicial Power to Annul Letters Patent
  120 NW. U. L. REV. 623 (2025) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2025
• The Supreme Court, Article III, and Jurisdiction Stuffing
  51 PEPP. L. REV. 433 (2024) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2024
• Public Law Litigation in Eighteenth Century America: Diffuse Law Enforcement in a Partisan World
  92 FORDHAM L. REV. 469 (2023) · Fordham Law Review · 2023
• Law, Equity, and Supplemental Jurisdiction
  97 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 2115 (2022) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2022
• The Words That Made Original Jurisdiction
  37 CONST. COMMENT. 27 (2022) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2022
• Equal Footing and the States "Now Existing" Slavery and State Equality Over Time
  89 FORDHAM L. REV. 1975 (2021) · Fordham Law Review · 2021
• Going Rogue: The Supreme Court's Newfound Hostility to Policy-Based Bivens Claims
  96 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1835 (2021) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2021
• New Federalism and Civil Rights Enforcement
  116 NW. U. L. REV. 737 (2021) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2021
• Zones of Discretion at Common Law
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2021
• Constitutional Torts and the Problem of Government Policy: An Essay for Marshall Shapo
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2020

• Dicey's Nightmare: An Essay on TheRule of Law
  107 CAL. L. REV. 737 (2019) · California Law Review · 2019
• Constructive Constitutional History and Habeas Corpus Today
  107 CAL. L. REV. 1005 (2019) · California Law Review · 2019
• Standing To Sue: Lessons from Scotland’s Actio Popularis
  66 DUKE L.J. 1493 (2017) · Duke Law Journal · 2017
• Adverse Interests and Article III: A Reply
  111 NW. U. L. REV. 1067 (2017) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2017
• A Non-Contentious Account of Article III's Domestic Relations Exception
  92 NOTRE DAME L. REV. (2016) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2016
• Morris v. Allen and the Lost History of the Anti-Injunction Act of 1793
  108 NW. U. L. REV. 187 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• The Chief Justice, the Appointment of Inferior Officers, and the "Court of Law" Requirement
  107 NW. U. L. REV. 1125 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• Preface
  107 NW. U. L. REV. 443 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• Article III Judicial Power, the Adverse-Party Requirement, and Non-Contentious Jurisdiction
  124 YALE L.J. 1346 (2015) · Yale Law Journal · 2015
• In Search of the Probate Exception
  67 VAND. L. REV. 1533 (2014) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2014
• Interlocutory Review by Agreement of the Parties: A Preliminary Analysis
  105 NW. U. L. REV. 1043 (2011) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2011
• Iqbal, Bivens, and the Role of Judge-Made Law in Constitutional Litigation
  114 DICK. L. REV. 1387 (2010) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2010
• Iqbal, Bivens, and the Role of Judge-Made Law in Constitutional Litigation
  114 PENN ST. L. REV. 1387 (2010) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2010

• Triangulating Standing
  53 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2009) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2009
• Judicial Compensation and the Definition of Judicial Power in the Early Republic
  107 MICH. L. REV. (2008) · Michigan Law Review · 2008
• Judicial Compensation and the Definition of Judicial Power in the Early Republic
  107 MICH. L. REV. 1 (2008) · Michigan Law Review · 2008
• Removing Federal Judges
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• Protective Jurisdiction, Aggregate Litigation, and the Limits of Article III
  95 CAL. L. REV. 1423 (2007) · California Law Review · 2007
• The Limits of Habeas Jurisdiction and the Global War on Terror
  91 CORNELL L. REV. 497 (2006) · Cornell Law Review · 2006
• Brown II: Ordinary Remedies for Extraordinary Wrongs
  24 MINN. J. L. & INEQ. 47 (2006) · Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality · 2006
• Jones Act Claims against the States after Alden v. Maine: The Surprisingly Strong Case for a Compulsory State Court Forum
  36 J. MAR. L. & COM. (2005) · Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce · 2005
• The Tidewater Problem: Article III and Constitutional Change
  79 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1925 (2004) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2004
• Fifty Years (More or Less) of Federal Courts: An Anniversary Review
  77 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1083 (2002) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2002
• Once More unto the Breach: Eleventh Amendment Scholarship and the Court
  75 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 817 (2000) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2000

• So Help Me God: Religion and Presidential Oath-Taking
  16 CONST. COMMENT. 549 (1999) · Constitutional Commentary · 1999
• Supplemental Jurisdiction and Section 1367: The Case for a Sympathetic Textualism
  148 U. PENN. L. REV. 109 (1999) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1999
• History and State Suability: An Explanatory Account of the Eleventh Amendment
  83 CORNELL L. REV. 1269 (1998) · Cornell Law Review · 1998
• On the Meaning of Congressional Silence: Using Federal Common Law To Fill the Gap in Congress's Residual Statute of Limitations
  107 YALE L.J. 393 (1997) · Yale Law Journal · 1997
• The Dangers of the Union
  12 CONST. COMMENT. 355 (1995) · Constitutional Commentary · 1995
• The Dangers of the Union
  12 CONST. COMMENT. 249 (1995) · Constitutional Commentary · 1995
• Were the Framers of the Constitution PC?
  11 CONST. COMMENT. 13 (1994) · Constitutional Commentary · 1994
• Rethinking the Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction in State-Party Cases
  82 CAL. L. REV. 555 (1994) · California Law Review · 1994
• Federal Jurisdiction over Union Constitutions after Wooddell
  37 VILL. L. REV. 443 (1992) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 1992
• Judicial Purpose and the Scholarly Process: The Lincoln Mills Case
  69 WASH. U. L. REV. 243 (1991) · Washington University Law Review · 1991