James E. Pfander
Owen L. Coon Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-1325
E-mail: j-pfander@law.northwestern.edu
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James E. Pfander has focused his teaching and research on federal jurisdiction and procedure. Much of Pfander’s recent work deals with the history and structure of Article III of the Constitution and the role of the Supreme Court of the United States in relation to inferior courts and tribunals. In 2009, Oxford University Press published his book on that subject, One Supreme Court: Supremacy, Inferiority, and the Judicial Power of the United States. Other books include Federal Courts: Cases, Comments, and Questions (7th ed. 2011) (with Redish & Sherry), Principles of Federal Jurisdiction (2d ed. 2011) and Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (5th ed. 2009) (with Marcus, Redish & Sherman). A member of the American Law Institute, Pfander currently serves as reporter/consultant to the Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He has served as chair of both the federal courts and civil procedure sections of the Association of American Law Schools.
Courses
Selected Publications
- One Supreme Court: Supremacy, Inferiority, and the Judicial Power of the United States (Oxford University Press, 2009).
- Article III and the Scottish Judiciary in 124 harvard law review 1613-1687 (2011). (with Daniel D. Birk)
- Resolving the Qualified Immunity Dilemma: Constitutional Tort Claims for Nominal Damages.
- Collateral Review of Remand Orders: Reasserting the Supervisory Role of the Supreme Court in 159 university of pennsylvania law review 493-542 (2011).
- Public Wrongs and Private Bills: Indemnification and Government Accountability in the Early Republic .
- Reclaiming the Immigration Constitution of the Early Republic: Prospectivity, Uniformity, and Transparency in 96 virginia law review 359-441 (2010). (with Theresa Wardon)
- Rethinking Bivens: Legitimacy and Constitutional Adjudication in 98 georgetown law journal 117-151 (2009). (with David Baltmanis )
Education
- BA, University of Missouri
- JD, University of Virginia
Prior Appointments
- Prentice H. Marshall Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law
- Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
