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Caleb Wheeler

Dr Caleb Wheeler

(he/him)

Lecturer

School of Law and Politics

Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

I am an internationally known expert in international criminal justice, having written extensively on international criminal courts and tribunals, international criminal trials and the rights of trial participants. I have published two books, Fairness and the Goals of International Criminal Trials: Finding a Balance (Routledge 2023) and The Right to be Present at Trial in International Criminal Law (Brill 2018), as well as more than 25 journal articles, book chapters and blog posts. I have travelled all over the world to deliver invited talks and conference papers about my research. I also chair the organizing committee of the European Society of International Law’s Interest Group on International Criminal Justice. Before entering academia, I practiced law in the United States for five years. 

I lead and teach two postgraduate modules and one undergraduate module at Cardiff. I am also the Second Year Academic Lead, a member of the Research Leave Panel for the School of Law and Politics and the Coordinator of the LLB Study Abroad Programme at the University of Münster.

Publication

2024

2023

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Articles

Book sections

  • Wheeler, C. 2023. Trials. In: Caeiro, P. et al. eds. Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar

Books

Research

My research to date has been in the areas of international criminal law and international human rights law, with a particular focus on international criminal trials and their participants. On a macro level, my work is engaging with the connection between fairness and justice, and how they are intrinsically linked concepts. I tend not to associate my research with a single methodology so as to avoid limiting my work by viewing it through the lens of a particular ideology. This lends itself to a more comparative approach as it allows me to take in a wide-range of different perspectives. I generally try to centre my work on practical rather than theoretical problems because I believe that the law needs to be useable and comprehensible. I also think it is important to offer solutions to difficult legal issues rather than just offer a critique.

Teaching

I lead and teach the following modules:

  • LL.B. - Public International Law
  • LL.B. - International Law and Transnational Challenges
  • LL.M. - International Criminal Law
  • LL.M. - International Humanitarian Law

I also have experience teaching international human rights law, criminal law, contract law, tort law and legal research skills.

Biography

I was awarded a PhD in law from Middlesex University London in 2018 for my thesis, The Right to be Present at Trial in International Criminal Law. Prior to that, I received an LLM in public international law in 2011 from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a JD from Villanova University in the United States. I also hold a BA from Kenyon College in the United States.

Previous Academic Positions

2018-2021 - Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University London

2015-2018 - Hourly Paid Lecturer, Middlesex University London 

Supervisions

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

  • International Criminal Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Public International Law
  • Transitional Justice

Research themes

Specialisms

  • International criminal law
  • Public international law
  • International humanitarian and human rights law
  • Criminal law