Miriam Schuler is a Lecturer in German Law and Programme Director of the LLB programme in English Law and German Law. She is also a member of the Centre of European Law at King’s College London.

Miriam is completing her PhD in European Law at King’s College London, which was fully funded by an AHRC London Arts & Humanities Partnership Research Studentship. Her PhD thesis explores the EU’s defence of democracy against its Member States, and carves out democratic standards Member States are bound by as a matter of EU law.

Prior to joining King’s, Miriam passed the First Legal State Examination in Berlin. She also holds a Master in European Law from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas as well as a Master of Laws in Transnational Law from King's College London.

She has taught a range of undergraduate courses at KCL, including European Law and German Public Law.

Research interests

Miriam’s main research interests lie in European Union Law and Constitutional Law. Specifically, she focuses on the role of transnational law in entrenching and defending democratic standards in times of democratic decline. Her publications to date have focused on the role of Article 2 TEU in defending European values against the Member States.

Teaching interests 

• EU Law
• European Law Moot Court
• German Public Law
• German Civil Law
• German Criminal Law