National Conference of Young Scholars and Lecturers in Law

The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences held a National Conference of Young Scholars and Lecturers in Law on the topic "The Creation of European Union Law. The Contribution of Bulgaria". The conference took place from 6 to 9 June 2016 at the Sunny Beach resort, and its moderator was Prof. Emilia Drumeva, PhD. Papers were presented in the fields of constitutional, administrative, labour, criminal and public international law. Interesting discussions developed on the amendments to the Bulgarian Constitution in connection with Bulgaria's membership of the EU, the approximation of Bulgarian law to EU law, references for preliminary rulings from Bulgarian courts to the Court of Justice of the EU, and others. In addition to young scholars and lecturers from Bulgaria, scholars from the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences also took part in the conference – Prof. Władysław Czapliński, Dr Przemysław Saganek and Wiktor Zaręba.