Mariya Mihaylova

Education:
1. 2019 – PhD Degree in Criminal law
2. 2018 – 2019: PhD program Criminal Law (dissertation “Crimes against the rights of citizens”) - University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev".
3. 2000 – 2006: Master’s Degree in Law - University of National and World Economy of Law. She is awarded a diploma "Master-A student of class 2006 in Law".
4. In 2000 she is received also a diploma from The Minister of Education and Science for outstanding performance and contribution to the development of philosophical science.
5. 1996 – 2000: Secondary education - I School "Pencho Slaveykov"-Sofia. She is awarded a diploma "Top of your class in I School "Pencho Slaveykov"-Sofia". 
Professional experience
1. 2020 – Present: Chief Assistant Professor of Criminal Law – Institute for Legal Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Criminal Law.
2. 2008 – 2020: Assistant Professor of Criminal Law - Institute for Legal Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Criminal Law. 
3. 2011 – 2019: Senior Advisor in "BDZ-Cargo" Ltd.
4. 2010 – 2011: Lawyer at Sofia Bar Association.
5. 2006 – 2008: Director of Human Resources Management in Metal Constructions - Holding EAD.
6. 2007 – 2008: Member of the Board of Directors of "SMP Metal Constructions" EAD.
7. 2006 – 2006: Expert in the Law Department of the "Business Consulting and Support Agency Es Em Group" EOOD.

Membership in academic networks and professional organizations
She is a member of the Bulgarian Association of Criminology. 
She is also a member of the Institute for Political and Legal Studies. 

Social activities
1. She participates in the preparation on behalf of the Section of Criminal Law at the IDP of BAS of statements on interpretative cases of the Supreme Court of Cassation.
2. She actively participates in scientific seminars and conferences on criminal law.
3. She actively participated in the public and professional discussions of the project for a new Penal Code of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2014. In this regard, she participated with an opinion at a meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs in the National Assembly on 24.06.2014, at which a discussion of the draft of a new Penal Code was held with representatives of the professional legal community
4. She participated in the three conferences on pardons and crime held in 2012 and in 2013 under the auspices of the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria Ms. Margarita Popova.
5. She is a member of the Commission on Labor Legislation at the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation at the Council of Ministers from 05.10.2016 to the present.
6. She is a legal advisor in a nationally representative organization of employers Union for Business Initiative from 05.10.2016 to the present.

List of publications:
1. Social Legal Consciousness and his Relationship of the Direct and the Representative Democracy, in: Interests, Values, Legitimacy: International, European and National Dimensions, UNWE Publishing Complex, accepted for printing: 2019.
2. Crimes against the Inviolability of Correspondence Under Bulgarian Criminal Law, in: 70 Years since the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Bulgaria and the Republic Of China, Institute for the State and the Law – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, accepted for printing: 2019.
3. Termination of the criminal proceedings against a person who has been subject to administrative punishment for the same offense, in: 50 years of the Law on Administrative Violations and Penalties - history, traditions, future, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, accepted for printing: 2019.
4. Private (Commercial) Bribery as a Problem of Economic Relations in the Context of International and Regional Trade Exchange, in: Legal problems of economic relations in the Black Sea region, VFU Chernorizets Hrabar, accepted for printing: 2019.
5. Punishment Policy of Country of Counteraction of Private (Commercial) Bribery, in: Tradition and development of legislation in the field of economics, UNWE Publishing Complex, 2020, ISBN 978-619-232-276-2.
6. Incentive Norms in Chapter Three of the Special Part of the Penal Code, in: Scholarly readings: Sanctions in the Low, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2019, ISBN 978-954-07-4831-3, pp. 497-509.
7. The Criminal Law Protection of the Equality of People as the Main Ideal of Democratic Societies, in: Ideas, Ideals – Upsurge and Wreck, Lyuben Karavelov Regional Library - Ruse, 2019, ISBN 978-619-7404-09-8, pp. 265-276.
8. Religious Freedom and Her Criminal Defence in Bulgaria, in: Law and Cultural Values, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2019, ISBN 978-954-9583-37-3, pp. 379-394.
9. Problems of the Criminal Law of Business Bribery, in: Problems of Corruption in Bulgaria, Academic publishing house University of Ruse, 2019, ISBN 978-954-712-758-6, pp. 159-168.
10. The Role and Importance of Incentives in Chapter 7 of the Special Part of the Penal Code, in: Current Problems of Legal Regulation of Business, University of National and World Economy, UNWE Publishing Complex, 2019, ISBN 978-619-232-191-8, pp. 264-274.
11. The impact of the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law on Bulgarian criminal law, in: Impact of international law and EU law on the Bulgarian legal system, UNWE Publishing Complex, 2019, ISBN 978-619-232-226-7, pp. 341-352.
12. Criminal Law Protection of the Confidentiality of Correspondence in the Context of Digitization, in: Challenges to the Law in the Context of Digitization, Collection of Papers, VFU Chernorizets Hrabar, 2018, ISSN 1313-7263, pp. 88-99.
13. Criminal Law Protection of Citizens' Equality - Traditions and Perspectives, in: Criminal Justice - Traditions and Perspectives, Collection of Reports from a Scientific Conference of St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2018, ISBN 978-954-97-4405-6, pp. 463-476.
14. Criminal legislation - criminalization, decriminalization or over-criminalization, in: Contemporary Challenges to Criminal Legislation, Collection of Reports from the International Scientific Conference, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2018, ISBN 978-954-07-4405-6, pp. 425-437.
15. The Criminal Policy of the State for the Protection of Citizens' Political Rights, in: The Role of Criminology and its Related Sciences in Countering Crime, Collection of Scientific Conference Reports, Print Centre at Angel Kanchev University, Mediateh, 2018, ISBN: 978-619-207-150-9, pp. 62-73.
16. Criminal Law Protection of the Confidentiality of Correspondence, in: Truths and Lies for Facts, News and Events, Lyuben Karavelov Regional Library - Ruse, 2018, ISBN 978-619-7404-04-3, vol. 2, pp. 72-83.
17. The Criminal Protection of the Freedom of Religion in Bulgaria in the context of the UN Universal Rights Protection Instruments, in: Role and Importance of International and Supranational Law in the Modern World, UNWE Publishing Complex, 2018, ISBN 978-619-232-126-0, pp. 571 - 587.
18. Hate crimes - problems of the criminal law, in: Sigurnost (Security), issue no. 2/2018, internet publication from 02 April 2018 on the Brod for Bulgaria website https://www.brodbg.com/b-news-5-618-Prestapleniyata_ot_omraza.html.
19. Hate crimes - problems of criminal law characterization, report, submitted to the Permanent Seminar of the Bulgarian Association of Criminology, published on the BAC website http://www.criminology.bg/index.php?option=com_content&view = category & layout = blog & id = 41 & Itemid = 77 & lang = bg.
20. Freedom of Religion – Criminal Protection and Boundaries, in: Freedom yesterday, freedom today, freedom tomorrow – is it at the tip of the spear?, Lyuben Karavelov Regional Library, Ruse, 2017, ISBN 978-619-7404-01-2, pp. 237 – 247.
21. 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Bulgarian Association of Criminology, in: Society and Law, ed. of the Union of Jurists in Bulgaria, no. 2/2017, ISSN: 0204-85-23, 54-65.
22. Criminal Policy of the State for the Protection of the Business (Legal and Sociological Analysis), in: Law and Business - Improvement of the Legislation, Vol. II, Collection of Scientific Conference Papers, UNWE Publishing Complex, 2017, ISBN: 954-644-992-4, pp. 350-362.
23. Using a Mathematical Model to Measure the Relative Burden of Criminal Resistance in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Bulgaria (Legal and Sociological Analysis), in: Scientific Readings in Memory of Venelin Ganev and Nikola Dolapchiev, Collection of Scientific Conference Reports, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2017, ISBN: 978-954-07-4260-1, pp. 373-383.
24. Criminal protection of the freedom of religion and its limitations for the protection of public security, order, health and morals or of the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, in: The right to security, a collection of papers from a scientific conference of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar ", 2017, ISSN: 1313-7263, pp. 234-245.
25. Criminal Protection of Citizens' Equality and Freedom of Religion in Chapter Three of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Bulgaria, in: Protection from Discrimination in Bulgaria and Europe, Academy of the Ministry of Interior, 2016, ISBN 978-954-348-136-1, pp. 252-265.
26. Criminal protection of right of citizens in Chapter 3 of the Special Part of the Criminal code of Republic of Bulgaria within the context of universal tools for protection of UN human right, in: UN: Historikal traditions and contemporary law, UniPress Neofit Rilski, 2015, ISBN 978-954-00-0058-9, pp. 518-530.
27. Legal and Sociological Aspects of the Legislative Process in Establishing a Special Order for the Determination of Penalties in a Reduced Judicial Investigation, in: Scientific Papers of the Institute for State and Law, vol. XII, BAS, S., 2015, ISSN: 1314- 6459, pp. 82-94.
28. Direct Democracy, Civil Society and Public Law, in: Trudove na Instituta za pravni nauki (Academic works of the Institute for the State and the Law), vol. IX "Current Legal Issues", BAS, Sofia, 2014, ISSN 1314-6459, pp. 85-96.
29. A mathematical model for defining the hierarchy of public values ​​protected by the Bulgarian Penal Code. Analysis of the results, in: Bob's Readings: Legal Science in memory of Prof. Stefan Bobchev, UNWE Publishing Complex, S., 2014, ISBN 978-954-644-558-2, pp. 145-152.
30. Prof. Dr. Bajcho Panev - criminologist, public figure, friend of the pen, in: The Society and Law magazine, ed. of the Union of Jurists in Bulgaria, S., no. 7/2014, ISSN 0204-85-23, pp. 87-91.
31. New Facts in the Prevention of Serious Crime by Exemption from Criminal Liability with the Imposition of Administrative Punishment in the Draft Criminal Code of the Republic of Bulgaria, in: Preventive Policy and Contemporary Crime, Bulgarian Association of Criminology, 2012, ISSN 978-954-348-070-8, pp. 44-63.
32. Social injustice, in: Pensioners, no. 26/2012, p. 1-2.
33. Application of Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Law on State and Municipal Liability for Damage in connection with the actions of the police under the Penal Procedure Code, in: Pravna missal (Legal Theory), no. 2/2011, ISSN 1310-7348, pp. 75-82.
34. Responsibility of the State for illegal use of the RCC under Article 2, paragraph 1, item 7 of the Law on State and Municipal Liability for Damage, in: Pravna missal (Legal Theory), no. 3/2010, ISSN 1310-7348, pp. 29-43.
35. Is the criterion for "serious crime" according to art. 93, s. 7 of the Penal Code become old?, in: Pravna missal (Legal Theory), no. 1/2010, ISSN 1310-7348, pp. 83-93.
36. Law Education in Bulgaria - Analysis and Evaluation, in: Law without Borders, no. 3-4 / 2004, ISSN 1312-0557, pp. 45-55, in co-authorship.
37. The genesis and importance of the tax system, in: Law without Borders, no. 2/2002, ISSN 1312-0557, pp. 19-24.
38. The Truth in Nietzsche's Ideas, in: Collection of Materials from the 12th National Olympiad in Philosophy, UP "St. Kliment Ohridski, 2000.
39. Reflections on Wittgenstein's ideas, in: Collection of materials from the XII National Philosophy Olympiad, UP "St. Kliment Ohridski ", 1999.