Jubilee scientific conference on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Academician Lyuben Vasilev "Current Problems of Private Law"

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 marking the 110th anniversary of the birth of Academician Luben Vasilev. The conference will be held on 16 and 17 September 2021. 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 collection of papers that will be scientifically edited.

1. Deadlines:

An application to participate in the scientific conference must be sent by 12 September 2021 to the following e-mail address: conferences.ipn.bas@gmail.com 

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Approved participants will receive confirmation from the organising team no later than 14 September 2021.

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 no later than 31 October 2021. The papers sent by participants will be included in the conference collection following an assessment by the organising committee of their compliance with the requirements.

2. Preliminary programme of the scientific event:

9.00-9.15 Registration

9.15-9.30 Opening

9.30-12.00 Papers

12.00-12.30 Discussion

12.30-13.00 Lunch break

13.00-14.45 Papers

14.45-15.00 Break

15.00-17.30 Papers

17.30-18.00 Discussion, closing of the conference

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 register to participate and in view of ensuring the possibility of holding a full discussion of the scientific problems presented.

3. Requirements for the formatting of 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 of each page must be 2.5 cm on all sides.

4) Alignment: justified; indent for a new paragraph: 1.25 cm; line spacing: 1.5

5) Pages must be numbered.

6) References and notes must be inserted using the software's referencing function. They must be formatted in accordance with 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 website of the ISL: www.ipn-bg.org, an excerpt from which is included below in the invitation.

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

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

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 follows the main text of the paper 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. Excerpt 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/Collective author; 2. Title; 3. Defining characteristics, for some types of publications – Volume; Number in the series; 4. Place of publication; 5. Publisher; 6. Year of publication; 7. Pages – total number of pages of the publication or the specific page that is solely cited; 8. ISBN – if one is indicated 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 collections: 1. Author/Collective author; 2. Title; 3. Source – this is the printed publication in which the article is published; 4. Defining characteristics, for some types of publications – Volume; Number in the 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/Collective 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.

In successive (second and subsequent) references to a text already cited, instead of the title “Цит. съч.” (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, “Пак там” (in Latin “Ibid.”) is written.

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

Пак там.

Пак там, с. 38.

In successive (second and third) references to a text already cited (whether an article or a book), when other texts by the same author have also been 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.

The 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, “Цит. по:” is written.

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. Nikolay Kolev; Assoc. Prof. Petar Bonchovski; Chief Assist. Prof. Atanas Blidov; Assist. Prof. Petar Topurov;