INVITATION to participate in a scientific conference

Invitation

Application form

Dear colleagues,

The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences invites you to take part in a scientific conference in honour of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Professor Zhivko Stalev and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Vitaly Tadjer. The conference will be held on 19 and 20 May 2022. The working language of the conference is Bulgarian. Participants will have the opportunity to present an outline of their paper or scientific communication within 10 minutes, and the scientific papers will be published in a scientifically edited volume.

1. Deadlines:

An application for participation in the scientific conference should be sent by 30.04.22 to the following e-mail address: conferences.ipn.bas@gmail.com

Approved participants will receive confirmation from the organising team by 08.05.22 at the latest.

The full text of the papers, formatted in accordance with the requirements set out below, must be sent electronically to the above e-mail address by 30.06.2022 at the latest. The papers sent by participants will be included in the conference volume following an assessment by the organising committee of their compliance with the requirements.

2. Preliminary programme of the scientific event:

9.30-9:50 Opening

9.50-12.00 Papers

12.00-12.30 Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch break

13.30-15.30 Papers

15.30-16.00 Discussion

The preliminary programme is subject to further refinement.  The organising team reserves the right to further limit the presentations if a larger number of colleagues apply to take part, and with a view to ensuring the opportunity for a full discussion of the scientific problems presented.

3. Requirements for the formatting of the papers:

3,1. Length – up to 10 pages;

3.2. Formatting:

1) Page format: A4

2) Font: Times New Roman 14 pt.

3) The margins on each page must be 2.5 cm on all sides.

4) Alignment: Justified; paragraph indent: 1.25 cm; line spacing: 1.5

5) The pages should be numbered.

6) References and notes must be inserted using the software's referencing function. They must be formatted according to the requirements in Annex No. 4 of the Rules on the Conditions and Procedure for Acquiring Scientific Degrees and Holding Academic Positions at the ISL, published on the ISL website: www.ipn-bg.org, an extract from which is given below in the invitation.

3.3. The title of the paper is written in lower case, centred, in Bold and in 14 pt.

3.4. After two blank lines, the first name and surname of the author (authors) are written in lower case, centred, in Bold and in 14 pt.

3.5. After one blank line, the title in English and the names of the author (authors) in Latin script are written in the same style;

3.6. After one blank line, keywords in Bulgarian are written – up to 6, in 14 pt and Italic.

3.7. After two blank lines, an abstract in Bulgarian is placed – up to 6 lines, in 14 pt and Italic.

3.8. After one blank line, keywords in English are written – up to 6, in the same font size and style as the abstract.

3.9. After two blank lines, an abstract in English is placed – up to 6 lines, in 14 pt and Italic.

3.10. After one blank line, the main text of the paper follows, in 14 pt and Justified alignment.

3.11. The correspondence addresses are written at the end in 14 pt and Italic, stating: the full names of the authors, scientific degrees and titles, the institution where they work, correspondence address, telephone and e-mail.

3.12. Extract from the RULES ON THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURE FOR ACQUIRING SCIENTIFIC DEGREES AND HOLDING ACADEMIC POSITIONS AT THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STATE AND THE LAW AT THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Annex No. 4 to Art. 42, para. 3

Requirements for the bibliographic citation of the literature used:

When citing non-periodical printed publications, the description must include the following mandatory elements: 1. Author/Corporate author; 2. Title; 3. Defining characteristics, for some types of publications – Volume; Number in series; 4. Place of publication; 5. Publisher; 6. Year of publication; 7. Pages – total number of pages of the publication or the specific page, if only that is cited; 8. ISBN – if stated in the publication.

EXAMPLE: Фотев, Георги. История на социологията. 2. изд. Т. 1. София, Труд, 2002, 374 с. ISBN 954-528-345-9.

When citing articles from collected volumes: 1. Author/Corporate author; 2. Title; 3. Source – the printed publication in which the article is published; 4. Defining characteristics, for some types of publications – Volume; Number in series; 4. Place of publication; 5. Publisher; 6. Year of publication; 7. Pages – from the beginning of the cited article to the end of the cited article.

EXAMPLE: Митев, Петър-Емил. Актуалността на Хаджийски. - В: Хаджийски, Иван. Избрани съчинения. Т. 1. Бит и душевност на нашия народ. София, Изток-Запад, 2002, с. 7-17.

When citing articles from periodical printed publications (journals, bulletins, newspapers): 1. Author/Corporate author; 2. Title; 3. Source – the relevant periodical publication; 4. Year; 5. Issue; 6. Pages – beginning and end of the article.

EXAMPLE: Василев, Любен. Нови моменти от развитието на правната уредба. – Правна мисъл, 1964, № 6, с. 3 – 42.

For consecutive (second and subsequent) references to an already cited text, instead of the title “Cited work” (in Latin “Op. cit.”) is written.

EXAMPLE: Василев, Любен. Цит. съч., с. 51.

If the same text is cited two or more times in consecutive notes, “Ibid.” (in Bulgarian “Пак там”) is written.

EXAMPLE: Василев, Любен. Цит. съч., с. 51.

Пак там.

Пак там, с. 38.

For consecutive (second and third) references to an already cited text (regardless of whether an article or a book), where other texts by the same author are also cited, the following are written: the author, part of the title, an ellipsis, a comma and the page number:

EXAMPLE: Василев, Любен. Записки по ..., с. 51.

Data on the promulgation of normative acts in the “State Gazette” are cited in accordance with the example given here:

EXAMPLE: State Gazette, No. 42 of 17 May 2005.

When the citation in the text is not from the original but through another work, the following is written: “Cited from:”

The abbreviation used when citing one or several consecutive pages is "с." (e.g. "с. 99" or "с. 70-99") or the sign used to abbreviate a page in the relevant foreign-language literature (e.g. "p." (when citing a text written in English) or "S" (when citing a text written in German).

When electronic resources on the Internet are used, the title on the title page of the source is given, the full address of the source is placed in angle brackets (<>), and the date on which the web page was last accessed is placed in round brackets [( )].

Manuscripts that do not meet the stated requirements will not be accepted for printing. The authors are responsible for the content and formatting of the papers. The publication of a given piece of work does not necessarily mean that the organising committee agrees with the views expressed. Manuscripts are not returned, and no replies concerning their evaluation are sent.

Organising Committee:

Prof. Irena Ilieva; Prof. Polya Goleva; Prof. Ventsislav Stoyanov; Assoc. Prof. Velina Todorova; Assoc. Prof. Petar Bonchovski; Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Kolev; Chief Assist. Prof. Atanas Blidov; Chief Assist. Prof. Petar Topurov;