Moeen Cheema

Moeen Cheema is an Associate Professor at the ANU Law School and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. He holds a PhD from ANU, LLM from Harvard Law School, and LLB (Hons) from the University of London. His research focuses on comparative public law, constitutional politics, judicial review, criminal justice systems, and post-conflict state-building in Pakistan.

Education:

• PhD in Law, Australian National University
• LLM, Harvard Law School
• LLB (Hons), University of London

Research Interests:

• Constitutional politics and judicial review in Pakistan
• Criminal justice system reforms
• Intersection of state and Islamic law
• Post-conflict legal frameworks
• Legal and political developments in South Asia

Awards/Fellowships:

• AU$420,000 DECRA Fellowship (2021–2025) for post-conflict criminal justice reform in Pakistan
• Australia Awards Fellowship (2017–2018) on CPEC’s rule of law impact
• Australia Awards Fellowship (2016–2017) on criminal justice reform

Grants & Consultancies:

• UNDP analysis of FATA legal institutions (2018)
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rule of Law Roadmap (2017)
• USAID rule of law assessment (2008)

Publications: Over 25 peer-reviewed articles, books including Courting Constitutionalism (CUP 2022) and edited collections on Pakistan’s Chaudhry Court era. Recent work examines constitutional transitions in Pakistan’s tribal areas and autocratization in South Asia.