Presentation of the new book "Competence of the Administrative Authorities" by Prof. Darina Zinovieva, PhD

The launch of the second updated edition of the fundamental work "Компетентност на административните органи" (Ciela Publishing) by Prof. Darina Zinovieva, PhD, took place on 5 December 2018 in the Hall of the Union of Jurists in Bulgaria.

Darina Zinovieva is Professor of Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure at the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and at the Faculty of Law of Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski". She has undertaken specialisations in Belgium, England, the USA and Spain. She is the author of 13 monographs in the field of administrative law.

The President of the Supreme Administrative Court, Georgi Cholakov, as a special guest of the event, highlighted the main merits of Prof. Zinovieva's new monograph: "The practical value of 'Компетентност на административните органи' lies in the analyses and interpretation of casuistry and situations; a number of examples from case law are given, and the author's own opinion on the issues is expressed." The book is intended both for the academic sphere (students, doctoral students, lecturers) and for bodies of the executive, legislative and judicial powers. The author has taken into account the current legislation up to September 2018, relating to the amendments to the Administrative Procedure Code. The book was presented by Prof. Ivan Todorov, who emphasised the perfect analysis of the regulatory framework and the detailed study of practice. Prof. Todorov observed that this is a new book and that, thanks to it, the Supreme Administrative Court has taken a huge step in the development of administrative law and procedure.

The launch of "Компетентност на административните органи" brought together some of the most distinguished Bulgarian jurists – Prof. Emilia Drumeva, Assoc. Prof. Nadezhda Yonkova, Prof. Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Prof. Sasho Penov, Prof. Snezhana Nacheva, Prof. Doncho Hrusanov, Prof. Maria Slavova, Prof. Ivan Todorov, Prof. Gabriela Belova, Assoc. Prof. Lyuba Panayotova-Chalakova, Assoc. Prof. Natalia Kiselova, Assoc. Prof. Hristo Paunov, Tony Dimov, PhD, Assist. Prof. Hristo Banov and others. Prof. Zinovieva's new book was honoured by the presence of the Deputy Minister of Justice Evgeni Stoyanov and the Deputy Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva, prosecutors, among them the former member of the Supreme Judicial Council Mihail Kozharev, as well as the lawyers Ina Lulcheva, Georgi Atanasov, Matey Marev and Kalina Mihaylova.

The presentation of the book was an occasion for Prof. Zinovieva, PhD, to announce officially her new cause – the creation in the centre of Sofia of a place for dialogue between generations of jurists. She also announced that she would donate part of the proceeds from the new edition to finance the realisation of her idea.