Graduates – 2022

Doctoral students removed from the register and doctoral students who have defended their dissertations at the Institute for the State and the Law in 2022:

Doctoral students removed from the register as of 30 November 2022

1. Stavri Iliev – doctoral student in independent study in the doctoral programme "Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics", enrolled on 1 January 2020, scientific consultant Prof. Stefka Naumova, PhD, dissertation topic "Functional Characteristics of the Legal Consciousness of the Employees of the National Revenue Agency (Legal-Sociological Parameters)", removed from the register at his own request without the right to defend, effective 1 January 2022.

2. Velislav Velichkov – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics", enrolled on 1 January 2017, scientific supervisor Prof. Stefka Naumova, PhD, dissertation topic "The Professional Legal Consciousness of Investigating Authorities – a Legal-Sociological Analysis", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 26 January 2022.

3. Marieta Ivanova – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics", enrolled on 1 January 2017, scientific supervisor Prof. Nadezhda Yonkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Legal and Extra-Legal Instruments for Combating Sexual Crime (Legal-Sociological Aspects)", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 26 January 2022.

4. Pirin Sokolov – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics", enrolled on 1 January 2018, scientific supervisor Prof. Veselina Kanatova-Buchkova, PhD, dissertation topic "The Status of the Registry Agency as an Administrative Authority and the Powers of Its Employees (a Legal-Sociological Study)", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 26 January 2022.

5. Viktoria Stoyanova-Kostova – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Economic/Commercial Law", enrolled on 1 January 2016, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Valchin Daskalov, PhD, dissertation topic "The Right of Statutory Commercial Pledge", removed from the register at her own request without the right to defend, effective 8 March 2022.

6. Hristo Kutiev – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Criminal Procedure", enrolled on 1 January 2017, scientific supervisor Prof. Gergana Marinova, PhD, dissertation topic "Committal for Trial and Preparatory Actions for the Hearing of the Case in Court Session", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 8 March 2022.

7. Elka Porominska – doctoral student in independent study in the doctoral programme "Civil and Family Law", enrolled on 1 January 2020, scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Kolev, PhD, dissertation topic "Legal Aid in the Protection of Subjective Civil Rights", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 8 March 2022.

8. Krum Dimitrov – full-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Civil and Family Law", enrolled on 1 January 2018, scientific supervisor Prof. Ventsislav Stoyanov, PhD, dissertation topic "The Significance of the Urban Development Plan for Property Law", removed from the register with the right to defend, effective 8 March 2022.

9. Yulia Dukova – part-time doctoral student, in the doctoral programme "Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure", enrolled on 1 October 2018, scientific supervisor Prof. Darina Zinovieva, PhD, dissertation topic "Special Administrative Proceedings in the Sphere of the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of Citizens", removed from the register at her own request without the right to defend, effective 24 October 2022.

10. Ivan Serbezov – doctoral student in independent study, in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 15 July 2021, scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Todor Koburov, PhD, dissertation topic "Regulation of Conflicts in International Relations: The Experience of Transnistria", removed from the register at his own request without the right to defend, effective 24 October 2022.

Doctoral students who have defended before a Scientific Jury of the ISL as of 30 November 2022

1. Kiril Petrov – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Civil and Family Law", enrolled on 1 October 2013, scientific supervisor Prof. Polya Goleva, PhD, dissertation topic "Challenging the Transformation of Commercial Companies", received five positive evaluations at a public defence held on 16 February 2022.

2. Kalin Dobrev – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Civil and Family Law", enrolled on 1 October 2016, scientific supervisor Prof. Ventsislav Stoyanov, PhD, dissertation topic "Protection of Possession and Detention", received five positive evaluations at a public defence held on 25 March 2022.

3. Martin Baev – part-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "Criminal Procedure", enrolled on 1 January 2018, scientific supervisor Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Salkova, PhD, dissertation topic "Violations of Procedural Rules in the Pre-Trial Phase of Criminal Proceedings", received five positive evaluations at a public defence held on 9 May 2022.

4. Boris Manov – doctoral student in independent study in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 10 December 2020, scientific consultant Assoc. Prof. Mariana Tien, PhD, dissertation topic "Chinese Contemporary Politics in the context of the Space Race" ("Китайската съвременна политика в контекста на космическата надпревара"), received five positive evaluations at a public defence held on 17 June 2022.

5. Georgi Bakyov – full-time doctoral student in the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", enrolled on 1 January 2019, scientific supervisor Prof. Diana Kovacheva, PhD, dissertation topic "Treaty-Making Capacity as an Element of the Legal Personality of Universal International Organisations", received five positive evaluations at a public defence held on 21 June 2022.