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Graduates – 2017

Doctoral students discharged in 2017:

1. Bogdan Rusev – part-time doctoral student in Civil and Family Law, enrolled on 1 January 2012, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Velina Todorova, PhD, dissertation topic "Domestic Violence – Concept and Family-Law Aspects", discharged with the right of defence, effective 1 January 2017.

2. Konstantin Grigorov – part-time doctoral student in Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure, enrolled on 1 January 2012, scientific supervisor Prof. Ganeta Minkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Challenging the Normative Acts of the Municipal Council", discharged with the right of defence, effective 1 January 2017.

3. Stanislava Nacheva – part-time doctoral student in Criminal Procedure, enrolled on 1 January 2012, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Gergana Marinova, PhD, dissertation topic "The Presumption of Innocence in Criminal Procedure", discharged with the right of defence, effective 1 January 2017.

4. Katerina Gramatikova – part-time doctoral student in Private International Law, enrolled on 1 October 2011, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Plamenka Markova, PhD, dissertation topic "Legal Regime of Joint Ventures with an International Element from the Perspective of International Competition Law", discharged without the right of defence, effective 1 April 2017.

5. Vladimir Hristov – Assist. Prof. at the ISL, independent doctoral student in Constitutional Law of the Republic of Bulgaria, enrolled on 1 June 2016, scientific consultant Prof. Emilia Drumeva, PhD, dissertation topic "The Political Responsibility of the President under the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria", discharged with the right of defence, effective 1 June 2017.

6. Ekaterina Tarhova – part-time doctoral student in Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure, enrolled on 1 October 2011, scientific supervisor Prof. Ivan Stoyanov, PhD, dissertation topic "Specific Features of Tax-Administrative Procedure", discharged at her own request – without the right of defence, effective 1 June 2017.

7. Adelina Hadzhiyska – full-time doctoral student in Criminal Procedure, enrolled on 1 October 2014, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Judicial Acts in Criminal Procedure", discharged with the right of defence, effective 12 July 2017.

8. Yanko Roychev – Assist. Prof. at the ISL, independent doctoral student in Criminal Procedure, enrolled from 15 July 2016 with scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, and dissertation topic "Private Prosecution in Bulgarian Criminal Procedure", discharged with the right of defence, effective 12 July 2017.

9. Stanimir Trifonov – part-time doctoral student in Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics, enrolled on 1 October 2012, scientific supervisor Prof. Stefka Naumova, PhD, dissertation topic "Legal-Sociological Parameters and Empirical Characteristics of Enforcement Proceedings under the Civil Procedure Code", discharged with the right of defence, effective 1 October 2017.

10. Ivan Ivanov – independent doctoral student in Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics, enrolled on 29 October 2015, scientific consultants Prof. Stefka Naumova, PhD, and Assoc. Prof. Nadezhda Yonkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Legal-Sociological Problems of Anti-Discrimination Legislation on the Grounds of 'Race' and 'Ethnicity'", discharged with the right of defence, effective 11 October 2017.

11. Tanya Kutsarova-Hristova – part-time doctoral student in Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure, enrolled on 1 January 2012, scientific supervisor Prof. Darina Zinovieva, PhD, dissertation topic "Actions under the Administrative Procedure Code. Problems Relating to Admissibility and Merits", discharged at her own request – without the right of defence, effective 21 December 2017.

Doctoral students who defended in 2017 before a Scientific Jury of the ISL

1. Rosen Baltov – part-time doctoral student in Civil and Family Law, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Grigor Grigorov, PhD, dissertation topic "Dematerialised Shares", received 5 positive votes at the public defence held on 15 February 2017.

2. Vladimir Hristov – Assist. Prof. at the ISL, independent doctoral student in Constitutional Law of the Republic of Bulgaria, scientific consultant Prof. Emilia Drumeva, PhD, dissertation topic "The Political Responsibility of the President under the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria", received 5 positive votes at the public defence held on 25 September 2017.

3. Dimitar Mirchev – part-time doctoral student in Civil and Family Law, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Grigor Grigorov, PhD, dissertation topic "The Leasing Contract", received 5 positive votes at the public defence held on 25 September 2017.

4. Stanislava Nacheva – part-time doctoral student in Criminal Procedure, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Gergana Marinova, PhD, dissertation topic "The Presumption of Innocence in Criminal Procedure", received 5 positive votes at the public defence held on 5 October 2017.

5. Yanko Roychev – Assist. Prof. at the ISL, independent doctoral student in Criminal Procedure, scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Private Prosecution in Bulgarian Criminal Procedure", received 5 positive votes at the public defence held on 5 October 2017.

6. Adelina Hadzhiyska – full-time doctoral student in Criminal Procedure, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Judicial Acts in Criminal Procedure", received 5 positive votes at the public defence held on 19 October 2017.