Rachel Van Cleave

• BS, Stanford University
• JD, Hastings College of the Law, University of California
• JSM, Stanford University School of Law

• Comparative Criminal Justice
• Proportionality of Punishment
• State Constitutional Law

• Clerked for the Hon. Sam D. Johnson, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Austin.
• J. Hadley Edgar Professor, Texas Tech University School of the Law.
• Taught legal research and writing at Santa Clara University School of Law and Stanford University School of Law.
• Studied Italian criminal justice system as a Fulbright Scholar.

• Renaissance Redux? Chastity and Punishment in Italian Rape Law, 6 Ohio State J. of Crim. Law 335 (2008).
• Mapping Proportionality Review: Still a "Road to Nowhere," 43 Tulsa Law Review (Symposium: Supreme Court Review) 709 (2008).
• Rape and the Querela in Italy: False Protection of Victim Agency, 13 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 273 (2007).
• Craig M. Bradley, ed. Criminal Procedure: A Worldwide Study ch. 9 Italy (2007).
• Property Lessons in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson and the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, 43 Cal. W. L. Rev. 97 (2006).
• Sex, Lies, and Honor in Italian Rape Law, 38 Suffolk U. L.R. 427 (2005).
• Does the Phrase "Convicted in Any Court" in a Firearms Law Include Foreign Convictions? 2004-2005 US Sup. Ct. Cas. 85 (2004-2005).
• Death is Different - Is Money Different? Criminal Punishments, Forfeitures, and Punitive Damages: Shifting Constitutional Paradigms for Assessing Proportionality, 12 USC Interdisciplinary L.J. 217 (2003).
• When is a Court "Punishing" Out-of-State Conduct Rather than Merely "Considering" Such Conduct? 2002-2003 US Sup. Ct. Cas. 124 (2002-2003).
• When Does a Retroactive Decrease in the Frequency of Parole Reconsideration Hearings Violate the Ex Post Facto Clause? 1999-2000 US Sup. Ct. Cas. 191 (1999-2000).
• Does the Ex Post Facto Clause Bar Texas From Retroactively Limited the Need for Proof That a Sex Offense Victim Made an "Outcry"? 1999-2000 US Sup. Ct. Cas. 136 (1999-2000).
• The Role of United States Federal Courts in Extradition Matters: The Rule of Non-Inquiry, Preventive Detention and Comparative Legal Analysis, 13 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 27 (1999).
• Advancing Tolerance and Equality Using State Constitutions: Are the Boy Scouts Prepared? 29 Stetson L. Rev. 237 (1999).
• Must Jury Instructions Clearly Explain the Consequences of a Jury's Failure to Reach a Unanimous Verdict as to Either Life Imprisonment or Death? 1998-1999 US Sup. Ct. Cas. 272 (1998-1999).
• State Constitutional Interpretation and Methodology, 28 N.M. L. Rev. 199 (1998).
• Criminal Law, 29 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 527 (1998).
• An Offer You Can't Refuse? Punishment Without Trial in Italy and the United States: The Search for Truth and an Efficient Criminal Justice System, 11 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 419 (1997).
• A Matter of Evidence or of Law? Battered Women Claiming Self-Defense in California, 5 UCLA Women's L.J. 217 (1994).
• When is an Error Not an "Error"? Habeas Corpus and Cumulative Error Analysis, 46 Baylor L. Rev. 59 (1994).
• A Constitution in Conflict: The Doctrine of Independent State Grounds and the Voter Initiative in California, 21 Hastings Const. L. Q. 95 (1993).

• Comparative Criminal Justice
• Gender and the Law
• Property, Wills & Trusts
• Criminal Law