An engaged scholar and award-winning teacher, Professor Julian Davis Mortenson specializes in constitutional and international law. His current book project—under contract with Harvard University Press—develops a comprehensive account of presidential power at the American founding. He is also co-author of Foundation Press’s new casebook in constitutional law. He has held visiting appointments on the faculties of Cambridge University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and the University of Tokyo.
Featured Scholarship
"Delegation at the Founding: A Response to Critics"
Columbia Law Review
"Delegation at the Founding"
Columbia Law Review
- Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law: An Integrated Approach
- Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law: An Integrated Approach
Activities
Presented "Assessing the New Executive Order on Immigration, Entry, and Refugees," University of Michigan Law School.
Presented "Article II Vests Executive Power, not the Royal Prerogative," Public Law Workshop, University of Cambridge.
Presented "Article II Vests Executive Power, not the Royal Prerogative," Clare Hall Colloquium, University of Cambridge.
Moderator, "International Investment Law and the Tobacco Packaging Disputes," University of Cambridge.
Presented "The Real Problem with Modern Customary International Law," University of Nottingham.
Presented "LGBT Rights Litigation: The Process of Constitutional Change," University of Cambridge.
Presented "Bank Markazi and the Separation of Powers," Fawley Workshop, University of Michigan Law School.
Presented "Affirmative Action and the Historical Record," Federalist Society Forum, University of Michigan Law School.
Presented "Employment Discrimination and LGBTQ Status: The Conceptual Framework," Michigan Employment Lawyer's Association, Northville, Michigan.
Discussant, "International Economic Law," Federalist Society roundtable, Los Angeles.
Presented "Tough Choices: The Work of Building a Life," Blue Jeans Lecture, University of Michigan Law School.
Discussed "Marriage Equality, Employment Discrimination, and Other Developments in LGBTQ Law," Ambassador Roundtable, Detroit, Michigan.
Presented "Zivotovsky: Round Two on Presidential Power," Fawley Workshop, University of Michigan Law School.
Presented "Enforcing Hong Kong Arbitral Awards in Mainland China," Japan Arbitration Association.
Presented "Snowflakes in a Blizzard: International Investment Law as a Treaty Regime," University of Tokyo Law School.
Commentator, "EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights," University of Michigan Law School.
Commentator, "The Rationality of Rational Basis Review," Federalist Society Forum, University of Michigan Law School.