Prof. Dr. Katalin Ligeti
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| Faculty or Centre | Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance | ||||||
| Department | Department of Law | ||||||
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Weicker Building, Université du Luxembourg 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg |
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| Campus Office | C213 | ||||||
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| Telephone | (+352) 46 66 44 6887 | ||||||
Profile
Katalin Ligeti, Professor of European and International Criminal Law, was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance in September 2017. She also acts as co-leader of the ICT/Criminal Law Research Group within the University of Luxembourg’s Research Unit in Law (RUL) and coordinator of the Doctoral Training Unit on Enforcement in Multi-Level Regulatory Systems (DTU REMS). She holds an LL.M. equivalent from the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (Hungary), an LL.M. from the University of Bristol (UK) and a doctorate in law from the University of Hamburg (Germany).
Her research focuses primarily on police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, EU criminal law, comparative criminal procedure and economic and financial criminal law. Professor Ligeti has published three monographs and over 100 articles and chapters in academic volumes in English, German, French and Hungarian. Her most recent books are ‘White Collar Crime. A Comparative Perspective’ (with Stanislaw Tosza, Hart, 2018), ‘Challenges in the Field of Economic and Financial Crime in Europe and the US’ (with Vanessa Franssen, Hart, 2017) and ‘Chasing Criminal Money’ (with Michele Simonato, Hart, 2017).
- External appointments include:
- Special Advisor of Commissioner Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (April 2017 to April 2018),
- European Commission’s Expert Group on Criminal Policy (appointed in 2015),
- Advisor of national and European legislators and policy makers as well as national and international courts (Prof. Ligeti inter alia provided evidence to the House of Lords).
- Editorship:
- Founding co-Series Editor of Hart Studies in European Criminal Law,
- Founding co-Series Editor of Giustizia penale europea from Wolters Kluwer – Cedam,
- Member of the editorial board of the New Journal of European Criminal Law (NJECL),
- Member of the editorial board of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law’s online journal Eucrim.
Last updated on: Monday, 09 July 2018
Between 2010 and 2017 Prof. Ligeti was the Programme Director of the Master in European Economic and Financial Criminal Law, teaching European criminal law, corporate criminal law, compliance and special investigative techniques, stepping down from the post shortly after becoming Dean.
She continues to teach European and international criminal law as well as economic and financial criminal law. In addition, she supervises several doctoral candidates at the Research Unit in Law.
Last updated on: 09 Jul 2018
Professor Ligeti’s research is primarily focused on police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, comparative criminal procedure and international criminal law.
She has published widely on criminal policy, victim protection, juvenile justice, financial crime, organised crime, corruption, terrorism, internal security and procedural safeguards.
Professor Ligeti plays a leading role in several transnational research networks:
• Vice President in Charge of Scientific Coordination of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP),
• Co-coordinator of the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN),
• ECLAN contact point for Hungary,
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights,
• Member of the Board of Directors of the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation.
Research grants:
• Over the past 15 years, Professor Ligeti has obtained several prestigious research grants including grants from the European Commission, the Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg, the Humboldt Foundation and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation,
• Between 2010 and 2016 she obtained research grants exceeding, in total, four million Euros.
Recent research projects:
• Model Rules for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office,
• Global challenges in economic and financial criminal law in the EU and the US,
• Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal law,
• Asset recovery in the EU,
• Liability of company directors in a comparative EU criminal justice context
Last updated on: 26 Jul 2017
2021
Sword, Shield and Cloud: Toward a European System of Public-Private Orders for Electronic Evidence in Criminal Matters?;
in Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Vavoula, Niovi (Eds.) Surveillance and Privacy in the Digital Age: European, Transatlantic and Global Perspectives (2021)
The Handling of Digital Evidence in Luxembourg;
in Caianiello, Michele; Camon, Albert (Eds.) Digital Forensic Evidence: Towards Common European Standards in Antifraud Administrative and Criminal Investigations (2021)
2020
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office at Launch. Adapting National Systems, Transforming EU Criminal Law; ;
Book published by Wolters Kluwer - CEDAM (2020)
Introduction; ;
in Ligeti, Katalin; Antunes, Maria João; Giuffrida, Fabio (Eds.) The European Public Prosecutor’s Office at Launch. Adapting National Systems, Transforming EU Criminal Law (2020)
The (Criminal) Liability of Legal Persons and Heads of Business: Strenghts and Weaknesses of the European Union's Approach;
in Revue Pénale Luxembourgeoise (2020), (5), 2-22
2019
The Place of the Prosecutor in Common Law and Civil Law Jurisdictionsin Brown, Darryl; Iontcheva Turner, Jenia; Weisser, Bettina (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process (2019)
The Organised Crime-Terrorism Nexus: How to Address the Issue of ISIS Benefitting from Lucrative Criminal Activities?;
in Roksandić Vidlička, Sunčana; Engelhart, Marc (Eds.) Dealing with Terrorism. Empirical and Normative Challenges of Fighting the Islamic State (2019)
Punitive Liability of Heads of Business in the EU: A Comparative Study;
Book published by Wolters Kluwer - CEDAM (2019)
Overprosecution and Negotiated Justice in Europe;
in Van Kempen, Piet Hein (Ed.) Overuse in the Criminal Justice System: On Criminalization, Prosecution and Imprisonment (2019)
2018
Toward a Prosecutor for the European Union. Vol. 2: Draft Rules of procedureBook published by Hart Publishing (2018)
Fundamental rights protection between Strasbourg and Luxembourg: Extending Transnational ne bis in idem Across Administrative and Criminal Proceduresin Ligeti, Katalin; Robinson, Gavin; ELI (European Law Institute) (Eds.) Preventing and Resolving Conflicts of Jurisdiction in EU Criminal Law (2018)
The Organised Crime-Terrorism Nexus: How to Address the Issue of Isis Benefitting from Lucrative Criminal Activities?;
E-print/Working paper (2018)
EU 'Horizontal' Report;
in Vervaele, John; Simonato, Michele; Luchtman, Michiel (Eds.) Exchange of information with EU and national enforcement authorities. Improving OLAF legislative framework through a comparison with other EU authorities (ECN/ESMA/ECB) (2018)
Transnational Enforcement of Production Orders for Electronic Evidence. Beyond Mutual Recognition?;
in Kert, Robert; Lehner, Andrea (Eds.) Vielfahlt des Strafrechts im internationalen Kontext: Festschrift für Frank Höpfel zum 65. Geburtstag (2018)
Preventing and Resolving Conflicts of Jurisdiction in EU Criminal Law; ;
Book published by Oxford University Press (2018)
Challenges and Trends in Enforcing Economic and Financial Crime: Criminal Law and Alternatives in Europe and the US;
in Ligeti, Katalin; Tosza, Stanislaw (Eds.) White Collar Crime. A Comparative Perspective (2018)
2017
Current Challenges in Economic and Financial Criminal Law in Europe and the US;
in Ligeti, Katalin; Franssen, Vanessa (Eds.) Challenges in the Field of Economic and Financial Crime in Europe and the US (2017)
Challenges in the field of economic and financial crime in Europe and the US;
Book published by Hart Publishing (2017)
Cross-border access to electronic evidence: Policy and legislative challenges;
in Carrera, Sergio; Mitsilegas, Valsamis (Eds.) Constitutionalising the Security Union: Effectiveness, rule of law and rights in countering terrorism and crime (2017)
"Bespoke" UK-EU Police and Judicial Cooperation Post-Brexit;
in Criminology in Europe (2017), 16(2), 11-14
Transversal Report on Judicial Protection;
in Luchtman, Michiel; Vervaele, John (Eds.) Investigatory powers and procedural safeguards: Improving OLAF’s legislative framework through a comparison with other EU law enforcement authorities (ECN/ESMA/ECB) (2017)
Chasing criminal money in the EU: New tools and practices?;
Book published by Hart Publishing (2017)
Asset Recovery in the EU:Towards a Comprehensive Enforcement Model beyond Confiscation? An Introduction;
in Ligeti, Katalin; Simonato, Michele (Eds.) Chasing Criminal Money. Challenges and Perspectives on Asset Recovery in the EU (2017)
2016
The European Public Prosecutor’s Officein Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Bergström, Maria; Konstadinides, Theodore (Eds.) Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law (2016)
La quatrième directive anti-blanchiment : quels changements pour le Luxembourg ?;
in Revue luxembourgeoise de bancassurfinance (2016), (2), 52
EU Criminal Justice Actors: Accountability and Judicial Review vis a vis the EU Citizen;
in New Journal of European Criminal Law (2016), 7(2), 175
The European Public Prosecutor's Office:What Role for OLAF in the future?;
in Durdevic, Zlata; Ivicevic Karas, Elizabeta (Eds.) European Criminal Procedure Law in Service of Protection of European Union Financial Interests: State of Play and Challeges (2016)
Smart Enforcement Strategies to Counter Environmental Crime in the EU;
in Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal (2016)
2015
Le Côntrole Juridictionnel Dans Les Projets Du Parquet Européen;
in Giudicelli-Delage, Geneviève; Manacorda, Stefano; Tricot, Juliette (Eds.) Le Côntrole Judiciarie du Parquet Européen. Necessité, Modèles, Enjeux. (2015)
Länderbericht Großherzogtum Luxemburg;
in Ambos, Kai; König, Stefan; Rackow, Peter (Eds.) Rechtshilferecht in Strafsachen (2015)
The European Public Prosecutor's Office: Certain Constitutional Issues;
in Erkelens, Leendert; Meij, Arjen; Pawlik, Marta (Eds.) The European Public Prosecutor's Office. An Extended Arm or a Two-Headed Dragon? (2015)
2014
Multidisciplinary investigations into offences against the financial interests of the EU: a quest for an integrated enforcement concept;
in Galli, Francesca; Weyembergh, Anne (Eds.) Do labels still matter? Blurring boundaries between administrative and criminal law. The influence of the EU (2014)
2013
Toward a Prosecutor for The European Union. Vol. 1: A Comparative AnalysisBook published by Hart Publishing (2013)
Approximation of Substantive Criminal Law and the Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Officein Approximation of Substantive Criminal Law in the EU: The Way Forward (2013)
The European Public Prosecutor's Office: Toward a Truly European Prosecution Service?;
in New Journal of European Criminal Law (2013), 4(1-2), 7
2011
The European Public Prosecutor's Office: how should the rules applicable to its procedure be determined?in European Criminal Law Review (2011), (2), 123-148
Access to, admissibility of and presentation of evidence in the jurisprudence of the ICTYin Klip, Andre; Sluiter, Göran (Eds.) Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (2011)
Incitement to genocide according to the ICTR in Simon Bikindiin Klip, A.; Sluiter, G. (Eds.) Annotated leading cases of international criminal tribunals (2011)
2010
Homage to Imre A. Wiener: Proceedings of the AIDP Regional Conference celebrating 30 years of Finnish Hungarian Criminal Law SeminarsBook published by Éditions érès (2010)
Judicial control in the system of mutual recognition- The ECJ's Judgment in Mantelloin Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft (2010), 4
2009
The Principle of Mutual Recognition – Prerequisites, Principles, and Exemptionsin Mathe, G. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 5th European Jurists Forum (2009)
2008
Study on the future of mutual recognition, Hungarian national reportin Vernimmen, Gisèle; Surano, Laura (Eds.) The future of mutual recognition (2008)
European Criminal Record and Data Protection Legislation in Hungaryin Xanthaki, Helen; Stefanou, Constantin (Eds.) European Criminal Record (2008)
Rutaganira case reportin Klip, A.; Sluiter, G. (Eds.) Annotated leading cases of international criminal tribunals (2008)
Combatting trafficking in human beings, Hungarian National Reportin Weyemberg, A.; Santamaria, V. (Eds.) The evaluation of European criminal law – The example of the Framework Decision on combating trafficking in human beings (2008)
The Principle of Universal Jurisdiction, Hungarian National Report;
in Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal (2008)
2007
2006
Mutual recognition of financial penalties in the European Unionin Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal (2006)
Krimiálpolitika és pönológiain Gönczöl, K.; Korinek, L.; Lévay, M. (Eds.) Kriminológia – Szakkriminológia (2006)
A szervezett bűnözés elleni fellépés állami eszközeiről;
in Nagy, F. (Ed.) Festschrift für Mihály Vida (2006)
2005
Strafrecht und strafrechtliche Zusammenarbeit in der Europäischen UnionBook published by Duncker & Humblot (2005)
Missing and sexually exploited children in the enlarged EU, Hungarian national reportin Vermeulen, G. (Ed.) Missing and sexually exploited children in the enlarged EU – Epidemiological Data in the New Member States (2005)
2003
Corruption and Related Crimes in International Business Activities, Hungarian National Reportin Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal (2003)
2002
Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, Hungarian National Report;
in Acta Juridica Hungarica (2002)
2000
European Criminal Law: Administrative and Criminal Sanctions as Means of Enforcing Community Lawin Acta Juridica Hungarica (2000)
