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Katalin Cseres obtained her university degree in law (1999, cum laude) at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary.
She obtained her Ph.D. title from the University of Utrecht in 2004. Her Ph.D. thesis deals with the topic 'Competition Law and Consumer Protection'. Since 2003 she is an associate professor of law at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG). At ACELG she is a co-program leader of the research program 'Compound Constitution(s) of Europe'. She is also a research fellow in the interdisciplinary Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, ACLE, being the joint venture between the Legal and Economics Faculties of the UvA. She is a member of the ACLE research program "Competition and Regulation". She is editor to Legal Issues of Economic Integration.
Her main fields of interest are competition law, consumer protection, comparative law and economics and institutional economics. Her publications deal withthe interplay between consumer protection, private law and competition law and more general aspects of regulation with emphasis on the institutional and economic angles of law enforcement. Her publications extend beyond European law to American antitrust law and the legal systems of the Central and Eastern European countries.
Key publications
Cseres, K.J. The interface between EC competition law and the competition laws of the new Member States: implementation or innovation?, In: Interface between EU Law and National Law, Obradovic, D. , N. Lavranos (eds.) Europa Law Publishing (2007)
Cseres, K.J. Collective consumer actions: a competition law perspective, In: W. H. Van Boom and M.Loos (editors) Collective Consumer Interests and How They are Served Best in Europe; Legal aspects and policy issues on the border between private law and public policy, Europa Law Publishing (2007)
Cseres, K.J. The controversies of the consumer welfare standard, Competition LawReview, Vol3 issue 2, 2007, pp.121-173
Cseres, K.J. Consumer protection in Eastern-European Member States, In: Vergelijkend Wijs, Kluwer, 2007, pp.
Cseres, K.J. Multijurisdictional competition law enforcement: the interface between European competition law and the competition laws of the new Member States, European Competition Journal, Vol.3 issue 2, 2007, pp.465-502
Cseres, K.J. Contribution on Hungarian law in: T. M. J. Möllers, A Heinemann (eds.), The Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007
Cseres, K.J. Governance design for European Private Law: lessons from the Europeanization of competition law in Central and Eastern Europe, in: Cafaggi, F. Muir and H.Watt, Governance design for European Private Law, Edward Elgar, 2008, pp.138-193
Cseres, K.J. What has competition done for consumers in liberalised markets? Competition Law Review, Vol4 issue 2, 2008 pp.5-48
Cseres, K.J. J. Langer, Tetra Laval á la Hongroise in : National Courts and the Standard of Review in Competition Law and Economic Regulation, Essens, O. Gerbrandy, A. Lavrijssen s. (eds.) Europa law Publishing 2009, pp. 127-144
Cseres, K.J., H.A. Luth, The DCFR and consumer protection: an economic assessment, in: Economic Analysis of the DCFR; the work of the economic impact group within the CoPECL network of excellence, Larouche P. Chirico F. (eds.), Sellier European Law Publishers, 2010, pp. 237-276
Cseres, K.J. The impact of Regulation 1/2003 in the New Member States, Competition Law Review, Vol. 6 Issue 2, 2010pp. 145-182
Cseres, K.J. Comparing laws in the enforcement of EU competition law, European Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 3 Issue 1 (2010) p.7-44
Cseres, K.J.Contract law and competition law in: Towards a European Civil CodeA.S. Hartkamp, E.H. Hondius, M.W. Hesselink, C. Mak, C.E. du Perron (eds), 4th edition, Kluwer Law International, 2011, pp. 205-238 Cseres, K.J. Towards a European model of economic justice: the role of competition law in: The Many Concepts of Social Justice in European Private Law, H-W. Micklitz, Edward Elgar (2011) Cseres, K.J. Consumer protection in the EU in: Van den Bergh, R. B. Bouckaert, G. De Geest (editors) Volume Economics of Regulation, Encyclopaedia of Law and Economics, 2nd edition, Edward Elgar (2011 forthcoming)Papers available at SSRN
Teaching
European Competition Law (10 EC)
European State Aid Law (5 EC)
Contract law and Competition Law (5 EC)
European Competition law and Regulation Capita (10 EC), academic coordinator