Dr Marloes Spreeuw

Marloes Spreeuw joined Westminster Law School in 2014. She is a Principal Lecturer in Law and the Course Director of the LLB. She studied at Leiden University, King’s College London, and the University of Westminster. Marloes holds an LLB, LLM in Corporate Law, LLM in European Union Law, and a PhD. Her PhD research attracted external funding of a total amount of €26,000 from Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds, Fundatie van Renswoude and Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Funds, on the basis of the originality of the research proposal.

Marloes is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and has a PGCert in Higher Education. She is a member of the Law School’s Teaching and Learning Committee and her responsibilities focus on the undergraduate courses. Before entering academia, Marloes worked at a law firm (Practice Group: Corporate / M&A) and a Law Clinic.

Marloes’ general research interests lie in the field of EU Law and EU Criminal Law. Currently, her research focuses on the legitimate application of the principle of mutual recognition in EU criminal matters which in recent years has become more challenging due to the serious violations of the foundational values by some Member States and the lack of EU enforcement tools to ensure adherence to these values. Her research also focuses on the implications that the non-compliance of current Member States with the prerequisite principles of EU membership might have on the Pre-Accession Policy. 

Research Interests:

• EU Criminal Law
• EU Justice and Home Affairs
• The Rule of Law
• EU Constitutional Law 
• Human Rights Law
• EU Enlargement/ Pre-Accession Policy
• Constitutional and Political Theory 

For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.