Content volume 9 (2014)

Prof. Dr. Tsvetana Kamenova 
Foreword / 5

PART I

Prof. Stefka Naoumova, Ph.D. 
SOCIO-LEGAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIRECT DEMOCRACY / 7

Prof. Emilia Drumeva, Ph.D. 
REFERENDA AND OTHER FORMS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY / 44

Alexander Dimitrov, Ph.D. 
SUBJECTS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY / 59

Nadejda Yonkova, Ph.D. 
DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA / 71

Ass. Mariya Mihaylova 
DIRECT DEMOCRACY, CIVIL SOCIETY AND PUBLIC LEGAL AWARENESS / 85

Manol Asenov 
THE DIRECT DEMOCRACY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE FOURTH POWER / 97

Ivan Georgiev, Vassil Petrov 
DIRECT DEMOCRACY AND THE ACADEMIC AUTONOMY / 113

Toni Dimov
PUBLIC CONSULTATION - A WIN-WIN SITUATION ALL ROUND / 124

PART II

Ass. Prof. Plamenka Markova 
PROTECTION OF THE WEAKER PARTY TO INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS IN THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW / 142

Diana Kovatcheva, Ph. D. 
EVOLUTION AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTICORRUPTION LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / 182

Chetin Kazak
EARLY EFFORTS FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS / 217

Prof. Dr. Tsvetana Kamenova 
CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: NEW WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGIES / 234

Ass. Prof. Boyko Bratanov
LEASE VS IMPROVEMENTS: ANALYSIS OF THE VAT ACT JURISPRUDENCE / 255

Synopses / 265

Table of contents / 280