Jonathan Green's research centers on the comparative history of legal and political thought. He is especially interested in the development of civil procedural doctrines, theories of interpretation, and judicial federalism. His current work in progress is an intellectual history of stare decisis in England and the United States, tracing the doctrine's evolution from the seventeenth-century common law courts to present. He is also preparing a manuscript on the reception of Edmund Burke's political thought in Germany.

Prior to becoming a Bigelow Fellow, Jonathan worked as a law clerk to Judge Neomi Rao on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and as a litigation associate at DLA Piper. He holds a JD from Yale Law School, a PhD (History) and MPhil (Political Thought and Intellectual History) from the University of Cambridge, and a BA (German, American Studies) from Northwestern University.