Bio
Gordon Van Kessel hails from Sonora, California, and received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from UC Berkeley. While a student at Boalt Hall (1962-65), he was a member of the California Law Review and the Assistant Varsity Boxing Coach.
He began his career by clerking with Justice Raymond Peters of the California Supreme Court and subsequently held positions both in civil and criminal practice. In the criminal area, he has worked both as a criminal defense lawyer and as a prosecutor. He joined the Hastings faculty in 1971.
Scholarship
Books
Ìý(Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy 1977) (with Forrest B. Smith & Carlyn Christianson) (editor).
Journal Articles
Effective Client Selection in Transactional Clinics,, 16ÌýTenn. J. Bus. L.Ìý389 (2014).Ìý
Quieting the Guilty and Acquitting the Innocent: A Close Look at a New Twist on the Right to Silence, 35ÌýInd. L. Rev.Ìý925 (2002).Ìý
European Perspectives on the Accused as a Source of Testimonial Evidence, 100ÌýW. Va. L. Rev.Ìý799 (1999).Ìý
A Summary of Mirjan R. DamaÅ¡ka’s Evidence Law Adrift, 49ÌýHastings L.J.Ìý359 (1998).Ìý
Hearsay Hazards in the American Criminal Trial: An Adversary-Oriented Approach, 49ÌýHastings L.J.Ìý477 (1998).Ìý
Chief Justice Roger Traynor and the United States Supreme Court: Contrasting Approaches to Search and Seizure, 25ÌýPac. L.J.Ìý1235 (1994).Ìý
Adversary Excesses in the American Criminal Trial, 67ÌýNotre Dame L. Rev.Ìý403 (1992).Ìý
The Suspect as a Source of Testimonial Evidence: A Comparison with the English Approach, 38ÌýHastings L.J.Ìý1 (1986).Ìý
Prosecutorial Discovery and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: Accommodation or Capitulation, 4ÌýHastings Const. L.Q.Ìý855 (1977).Ìý
San Francisco Criminal Justice Project, 58ÌýA.B.A. J.Ìý263 (1972) (with Richard B. Morris).Ìý
San Francisco Committee on Crime Reports on the Public Defender’s Office,ÌýBarristers’ BailiwickÌý(Dec. 1970-Jan. 1971).
Right to Counsel in Criminal Post-Conviction Review Proceedings, 51ÌýCal. L. Rev.Ìý970 (1963).Ìý
Chapters In Books
European Trends Towards Adversary Styles in Criminal Procedure and Evidence, inÌýThe Japanese Adversary System in Context: Controversies and ComparisonsÌý225 (Malcolm M. Feeley & Setsuo Miyazawa eds., Palgrave Macmillian 2002).Ìý
The Expanding Right to Silence in Europe and America: Is it a Good Thing and Where Should it End?, inÌýNew Trends in Criminal Investigation and EvidenceÌý393 (C.M. Breur ed., 2000).Ìý
Book Reviews
Book Review, 8ÌýEur. J. Crime Crim. L. & Crim. Just.Ìý390 (2000) (reviewingÌýHonorable Russell Fox, Justice in the Twenty–First Century (2000)).