Law, Shakespeare, and Other Things

Bryan H. Wildenthal has been a law professor and scholar of constitutional history for more than thirty years, whose published work has been cited in two major decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a Shakespearean enthusiast.

Bryan believes in the professional and ethical duty of all scholars to check the facts, maintain a skeptical and open mind, re-examine assumptions, give proper credit to others, avoid ad hominem and other unfair arguments, and respond thoughtfully to criticism and opposing arguments. His guiding philosophy may be summarized as “Responsible Skepticism.”

Bryan feels very strongly about the importance of standing up to bullies and bullying in all their forms, whether in personal life, politics, or online discourse. See his essay on bullying in the context of the Shakespeare authorship debate.

“[T]o travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.” — Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94), “El Dorado” (London Magazine, May 11, 1878), republished in Virginibus Puerisque [To Virgins and Children] and Other Papers (1881).