Petar Topurov

Name Petar Topurov

e-mail petartopurov@gmail.com

Education

1. PhD candidate in the field of „Civil and family law“ at The Institute for the state and the law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;

2. Master’s Degree in Law at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”;

3. High school - The National School for Ancient Languages and Cultures "Saint Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher" with specialization "Culture and philosophy";

Professional experience

1. Assistant Professor at the Department of civil law at the Institute for the state and tha law (10.2019 - present);

2. Advocate (01.2018 - present);

3. Jurisconsult (11.2015 – 12.2017);

Legal capacity to practice legal professions (2015); Special legal capacity of assistant private enforcement agent (2017); Successfully passed the Bar exam (2017);

Specializations/research projects abroad

1. Erasmus + research mobility at Alma mater studiorum Università di Bologna - Scuola di giurisprudenza (2018);

2. Research work at Bibliothèque Cujas, Paris (2019);

Participations in European and international projects

1. Drafting of the national report for The Common Core Third Party Rights Project (http://www.common-core.org/);

Foreign languages

1. English;

2. Italian;

List of publications

1. National report about Bulgarian law - in Richardson (co-editor) and Biemans (co-editor) The Common Core of European Private Law - Third party rights;

2. „ The void of the contractual interest rate clause due to a conflict with good morals“ (Ius romanum. Issue „Pecunia“. 2019); /In print/;

3. „Тhe contracting for the benefit of third party under the Roman law“ in Compendium of reports from the IX National Conference of PhD students in legal studies, (Sofia. Institute for the state and the law. 2019); /In print/;

4. „The promise of the obligation or the act of a third party: definition and use “ in Compendium of reports from the VIII National Conference of PhD students in legal studies, (Sofia. Institute for the state and the law. 2017);

5. „ Invalidity of the compensations based on article 645, ph. 4 of the Commercial code“ in – Compendium „Challenges of the bankruptcy proceedings“ (Sofia. Ciela. 2018);

6. „Fulfilling a contract in favor of a third party“ in Paunov (compilor) Compendium “Law – traditions and perspectives“ (Sofia. Ciela. 2018);

7. „Legal status of the beneficiary in the contract in favor of a third party – Critical notes on the theory of direct emergence of rights“ in: Compendium of reports from the VII National Conference of PhD students in legal studies, (Sofia. Institute for the state and the law. 2017);

8. „On the principle of relativity of the obligation relation“ – in Valchev (editor) Compendium „Legal norms and legal principles. (Sofia,. Univercity press of Sofia Univercity. 2017);

9. „Voidable of the rejection from the inheritance right “ – (Business law. Issue № 3. 2015);

10. „Voidable of the rejection from the inheritance right “ in Challengingthelaw.com – (2015);